昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)

ひるごはん
noun
lunch
1. lunch, midday meal
The meal eaten around midday.
昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べましたか。
Did you eat lunch?
昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)は何(なに)にしますか。
What will you have for lunch?
12時(じ)に昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べます。
I eat lunch at 12 o'clock.
今日(きょう)の昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)は友達(ともだち)と一緒(いっしょ)に食(た)べた。
I ate lunch together with a friend today.
お昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)の時間(じかん)になったので、みんなで食堂(しょくどう)に行(い)きました。
It was lunchtime, so we all went to the cafeteria.

昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) is the informal word for lunch, the midday meal.

MEAL VOCABULARY:

  • 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん): breakfast
  • 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん): lunch
  • 晩(ばん)ご飯(はん)/夜(よる)ご飯(はん): dinner

ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSIONS:

  • 昼食(ちゅうしょく): lunch (formal, often used in business)
  • ランチ: lunch (casual, from English)
  • お昼(ひる): lunch (casual abbreviation)

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べる: to eat lunch
  • 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)に行(い)く: to go for lunch
  • 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)は何(なに)にする?: What shall we have for lunch?

USAGE NOTE:
ご飯(はん) literally means 'cooked rice' but is commonly used to mean 'meal'. In casual speech, お昼(ひる) alone can mean lunch: お昼(ひる)食(た)べた? (Did you eat lunch?)

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Added 2026.1.11 19:10 · Revised 2026.2.27 11:29
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