飯

• 読み: めし
• ローマ字: meshi
• 漢字の分解: 飯 (meshi/han) — rice, meal, food
• 発音: /me.ɕi/

意味

Meal; food; cooked rice. A casual, masculine term for eating or meals.

A noun that informally refers to cooked rice or meals in general. More casual than ご飯 (gohan) and has a distinctly masculine tone. Common in expressions like 飯を食う (to eat, rough), 朝飯 (breakfast), 昼飯 (lunch), and 晩飯 (dinner). Often used among male friends and in informal settings.

例文

1. 腹が減った、飯にしよう。
2. 昼飯はもう食べたか。
3. うまい飯が食べたいな。

使い方ガイド

場面: meals, male speech, informal

トーン: rough

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 飯 contains 食 (eat) and 反 (phonetic component). Originally referred specifically to cooked rice, the staple food, then extended to mean meals in general.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal