Keyword
meal
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1583
Readings
はん
(59%)
めし
(38%)
Composed of
eat a little
be against
Used in vocabulary (238 in total)
cooked rice; meal
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
evening meal
lunch; midday meal
lunch; midday meal
dinner; evening meal
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
dinner; evening meal
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
cooked rice; meal
dinner; evening meal
evening meal; dinner; supper
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
cooked rice
grain of boiled rice
dinner; evening meal
cooked white rice
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
free food; free meal
Chinese-style fried rice
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
cooked rice
Chinese restaurant
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
grain of boiled rice
lunch; midday meal
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
large meal; large meals
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
rice cooking; boiling rice
boiled barley and rice
free food; free meal
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
evening meal; dinner; supper
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
rice cooker and warmer
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
round, wooden container for cooked rice
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
cannot make a living
least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter item
solitary meal
playing house
bowl of rice; meal
cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
cooked rice
bursting out laughing
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
to depend on somebody for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position
crab omelet on rice
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
natto served on rice
to serve rice in a bowl
dried boiled rice
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; (lit.) more important than three meals a day
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu
fast eater; early meal
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
Italian food
female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses
having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself
a type of fox spirit
food porn (i.e. appetizing pictures of food); terrorizing people by posting food porn
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
(Japanese-style) dining table
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
rice boiled with adzuki beans
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
grain of boiled rice
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
losing the means of livelihood
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
steamed rice with millet; boiled rice with millet
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
dried boiled rice
rice boiled with greens
eel kabayaki with rice
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
living idly
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
chicken and rice
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
rice cooked with matsutake
bowl used for serving rice
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
taking a meal; eating
playing house
rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
living idly
poor meal
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
free food; free meal
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
bowl used for serving rice
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
good-luck meal (eaten before a competition, etc.)
rice cooked with matsutake
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
boiled barley and rice
(Edo-period inn) maidservant
cooked rice; meal
bowl of rice; single serving of rice; bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased
rice sprinkled with red perilla
cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
rice with other ingredients poured on top
rice with grilled mushrooms
dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)
breakfast
dinner; evening meal
rice covered with beef and vegetables
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
boiled barley and rice
cooked rice; meal
cooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased
there's no such thing as a free lunch
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it); mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
picnic; eating outdoors
dropping off-line to eat
pork with rice
chicken and rice
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
living idly
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
eel kabayaki with rice
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice
minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice
Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)
rice cooked with matsutake
crudely made zori with straw fastenings
rice with other ingredients poured on top
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
rice sprinkled with red perilla
rice sprinkled with red perilla
there's no such thing as a free lunch
steamed rice as an offering to a god
soft rice (cooked in a pot)
fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams
crab meat and rice
steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it); mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)
cutlet and rice combo meal
cutlet and rice combo meal
canned meal (e.g. military ration)
a rice steamer
the noonday meal
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)
to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat
rice washed in cold water; dried rice soaked in water to soften
Idesia polycarpa; idesia
risky thing to do (like feeding a fox)
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
twice-boiled rice (for sick persons)
yellow rice meal (coloured with essence of gardenia fruit)
event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2 Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
mochi rice topped with fish (or other food) and steamed
mochi rice topped with fish (or other food) and steamed
cooked rice with yam bulblets
cooked rice with yam bulblets
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
eating early; early meal
dish served in a lacquered bowl; celebratory banquet
giving evasive answers by arguing over the definition of a word
yakbap (sweet Korean dish with rice and nuts)
rice with dried daikon leaves
rice with dried daikon leaves
Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)
Okinawa pit viper (Ovophis okinavensis); Ryukyu Island pit viper
Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae); Izu leaf warbler, Ijima's willow warbler; Ijima's warbler
conversing in a foreign language while eating; Western-style food
banchan; side dishes accompanying a typical Korean meal
Examples (173 in total)
"I'm getting hungry." "Me, too." "Let's eat." "OK."
"You aren't buying anything?" "Yeah, I've already eaten."
I always eat before going to school.