昼飯(ひるめし)

An informal, somewhat rough word for lunch. Has a masculine tone and sounds blunt. Not appropriate in polite or formal situations.

Etymology

Composed of 昼(ひる) (midday) + 飯(めし) (meal, informal).

Similar words

• 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん): lunch — standard, neutral
• 昼食(ちゅうしょく): lunch — formal, written
• ランチ: lunch — casual, modern

Same register

• 朝飯(あさめし): breakfast (informal)
• 晩飯(ばんめし): dinner (informal)

Common patterns

• 昼飯(ひるめし)にする: to have lunch
• 昼飯(ひるめし)を食(く)う: to eat lunch (very casual, uses 食(く)う instead of 食(た)べる)