晩御飯

ばんごはん · bangohan · JLPT N5 · noun

dinner

🍚🌙 晩御飯 = evening (晩) + honorable (御) + cooked rice/meal (飯)

晩 (ban) means evening, and ご飯 (gohan) is cooked rice, which doubles as the everyday word for a meal. So bangohan is literally the evening rice. Swap the first part to get 朝ご飯 (breakfast) and 昼ご飯 (lunch).

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