Word details

ご飯

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ご飯.

Dictionary

Entry

ご飯御飯はんNounFreq #2010
1

cooked rice

Examples
ご飯とパンどちらがいいですか。
Which do you prefer, rice or bread?
2

meal

Examples
友達にご飯をおごってもらった。
My friends treated me to a meal.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

meal, boiled rice

12 strokesFrequency 1,046JLPT N3Grade 4

On

ハン

Kun

めし

Nanori

いいいり

honorable, manipulate, govern

12 strokesFrequency 1,087JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ギョ

Kun

おん-お-み-

Nanori

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