飯
めし
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Noun
cooked riceMale speech- meal; foodMale speech
- one's living; livelihoodMale speech
- foodChildren's language
Rare and archaic meanings (2)
- cooked riceDated
- cooked riceArchaic
Example sentences
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I've just gotten home and had dinner.
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I went to bed after eating.
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!"
私の妻が、貧乏の最中、子供を産んで、寝ている時、私が、幾日か、飯菜を作って、その料理の種類の豊富さと味のよさとに、びっくりさせたものである。
My wife gave birth to a child when we were very poor. While she was sleeping, I cooked rice and vegetables for several days and surprised her with the variety and taste of my cooking.
僕が昼飯を喰っている時、吉弥は僕のところへやって来て、飯の給仕をしてくれながら太い指にきらめいている宝石入りの指輪を嬉しそうにいじくっていた。
As I was eating lunch, Kichiya came to me and, while she was serving my meal, she was toying happily with her ring set with a gleaming jewel.