お昼

• 読み: おひる
• ローマ字: ohiru
• 漢字の分解: 昼 (chuu/hiru) — noon, daytime
• 発音: /o.çi.ɾɯ/

意味

Lunch; noon; midday. A polite way to refer to the midday meal or time.

A noun with the honorific prefix お attached to 昼 (hiru, noon/daytime). Primarily used to mean 'lunch' in everyday conversation: お昼を食べる (to eat lunch), お昼ご飯 (lunch, midday meal). Can also refer to noon as a time of day. Softer and more conversational than the plain 昼食 (chuushoku).

例文

1. お昼はもう食べましたか。
2. お昼の休憩は12時からです。
3. 今日のお昼は何にしようか迷っている。

使い方ガイド

場面: meals, daily schedule, workplace

トーン: friendly

起源と歴史

The kanji 昼 combines 尺 (measure) and 旦 (dawn/day), representing the measured passage of daytime. The お prefix was added as an honorific to soften the word for polite daily use.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal