昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)

ひるごはん
noun
lunch
formalfoodtime-period
See also: 昼飯(ひるめし) (informal form)
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

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Usage

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?)

Related Words

Related: 朝(あさ)ご飯(はん) (breakfast)
Related: 晩(ばん)ご飯(はん) (dinner)
Related: 昼食(ちゅうしょく) (lunch (formal))
Compare: ランチ (lunch)
Compare: お昼(ひる) (lunch)
Related: 昼休(ひるやす)み (lunch break)
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Added 2026.1.11 19:10 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02
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