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Learn Japanese: gohan - rice; meal

Japanese
/Expressing purpose with the verb stem + に
/gohan

gohan

Word

ご飯はんgohan

Meaning

rice; meal

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Expressing purpose with the verb stem + に

Breakdown of gohan

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

Usages of gohan

夜よるご飯はんyorugohan

晩ばんご飯はんbangohan

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

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

朝あさご飯はんasagohan

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？asita no tyousyoku ha 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 tukutte aru.

The meal has been prepared (by someone).

昼ひるご飯はんhirugohan

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 tyawan ha gohan wo taberuno ni tyoudo 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 wo minagara, gohan wo tabemasu.

I eat while watching TV.

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