飯

めし

Meanings

1. Noun cooked rice
2. meal; food
3. one's living; livelihood

Kanji

• 飯 meal. Read as めし.

Example sentences

• 一週間メシ抜きだったよ。
  I went without food for a week.
• トムがさぁ、俺が席外してる間に、俺のメシ盗み食いしやがった。
  Tom ate some of my rice while I was away from the table.
• めし作ってくれるんなら、皿は俺が洗うよ。
  If you cook, I'll wash the dishes.

Common phrases

• 飯を食う (めしをくう) to have a meal
• 飯を食べる
• 飯を作る
• うまい飯
• 飯が食えない (めしがくえない) cannot make a living

Words containing 飯

• 夕飯 (ゆうはん) evening meal
• 飯テロ (めしテロ) food porn (i.e. appetizing pictures of food)
• 昼飯 (ひるめし) lunch

And 84 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N3
• Core 1000
• Core 2000
• Core 5000
• Spoken
• Written

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