Learn Japanese: gohan

ご飯はんgohan

rice; meal

From Lesson 104:Expressing purpose with the verb stem + に·Japanese

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Breakdown of gohan

meal

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You are so anti-food that you reject every meal.

Usages of gohan

晩ばんご飯はん is more commonly used than 夜よるご飯はん.

朝あさご飯はんasagohan

breakfast

明あし日た　の　朝ちょう食しょく　は　パン　です　か、　ご飯はん　です　か？ashita no choushoku wa pan desu ka, gohan desu ka?

Will tomorrow's breakfast be bread, or rice?

Sentence from Tatoeba

ご飯はん　が　作つくって　ある。gohan ga tsukutte aru.

The meal has been prepared (by someone).

昼ひるご飯はんhirugohan

lunch

この　茶ちゃ碗わん　は　ご飯はん　を　食たべるの　に　ちょうど　良いい　大おおきさ　です。kono chawan wa gohan o taberuno ni choudo ii ookisa desu.

This bowl is just the right size for eating rice.

テレビ　を　見みながら、　ご飯はん　を　食たべます。terebi o minagara, gohan o tabemasu.

I eat while watching TV.

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More from this lesson

watashi wa kaimono o shi ni ikimasu.kare wa nanika tabe ni ikimashita.nani o shi ni ikimashita ka?andoryuu san wa jon san ni ai ni ikimasu.manshon yoru yorugohan kanojo wa watashi no manshon e yorugohan o tabe ni kimashita.

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita