I Love Kanji飯 (meshi)
飯 (めし, meshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “cooked rice”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- めし
- Romaji
- meshi
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- cooked rice · noun · masculine
- meal; food · noun · masculine
- one's living; livelihood · noun · masculine
Example sentences
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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 飯
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飯.
Source: JMdict entry 1482010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.