朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)

あさごはん
noun
breakfast
1. breakfast
The morning meal.
朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べる。
To eat breakfast.
今日(きょう)の朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)は何(なに)？
What's for breakfast today?
朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べないで学校(がっこう)に行(い)った。
I went to school without eating breakfast.
毎朝(まいあさ)、朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べてから出(で)かけます。
Every morning, I go out after eating breakfast.
今日(きょう)は時間(じかん)がなかったので、朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)はパンと牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう)だけだった。
Today I didn't have time, so breakfast was just bread and milk.

朝(あさ)ご飯(はん) is the common word for breakfast - the morning meal.

THREE MEALS:

  • 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)/朝食(ちょうしょく): breakfast
  • 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)/昼食(ちゅうしょく): lunch
  • 晩(ばん)ご飯(はん)/夕食(ゆうしょく)/夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん): dinner

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べる: to eat breakfast
  • 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を作(つく)る: to make breakfast
  • 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を抜(ぬ)く: to skip breakfast

FORMALITY:

  • 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん): casual, everyday
  • 朝食(ちょうしょく): formal (hotels, business)

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BREAKFAST:
和食(わしょく): rice, miso soup, grilled fish, pickles, natto

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Added 2026.1.11 18:16 · Revised 2026.2.27 9:21
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