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JLPT N5 · Noun

御飯 (gohan)

御飯 (ごはん, gohan) is a Japanese noun meaning “cooked rice”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ごはん
Romaji
gohan
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. cooked rice · noun
  2. meal · noun

Example sentences

ご飯とパンどちらがいいですか。
Which do you prefer, rice or bread?
Tatoeba #217034
友達にご飯をおごってもらった。
My friends treated me to a meal.
Tatoeba #79311

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 御飯

御
honorable, manipulate, governギョ・ゴ・おん-・お- · 12 strokes
飯
meal, boiled riceハン・めし · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 御飯.

朝御飯あさごはんbreakfast晩御飯ばんごはんdinner昼御飯ひるごはんlunch御ごhonorific/polite/humble prefix御おんhonorific/polite/humble prefix御中おんちゅう... and Company御免ごめんI'm sorry御覧ごらん(please) try to御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while御世辞おせじflattery夕飯ゆうはんevening meal飯めしcooked rice昼飯ひるめしlunch

Source: JMdict entry 1270590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.