飯 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 飯意味

meal, boiled rice

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飯 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

めし meshi

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ハン han

Examples

とにかくメシ・・・といきたいところだが、その前に用を足すことにした。

Anyhow, lunch … is where I wanted to go but I decided to go to the toilet first.

一週間メシ抜きだよ。

I went without food for a week.

テレビを点け、彼女がブラウン管の前で遊弋している。「おい、飯だぞ？」

Television turned on, she patrols in front of the CRT. “Hey you, food’s up!”

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