夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)

ゆうごはん
noun
dinner; evening meal; supper
1. dinner; evening meal; supper
The meal eaten in the evening. A common, slightly casual everyday word for dinner.
夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)を作(つく)る。
I make dinner.
今夜(こんや)の夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)は何(なに)がいい?
What would you like for dinner tonight?
家族(かぞく)そろって夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べるのが、我(わ)が家(や)の習慣(しゅうかん)だ。
Eating dinner together as a family is a custom in our household.

An everyday word for the evening meal, slightly more casual than 夕食(ゆうしょく). Written with mixed kanji and kana; the all-kana ゆうごはん is also common.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べる: to eat dinner
  • 夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)の支度(したく): dinner preparations
  • 夕(ゆう)ご飯(はん)抜(ぬ)き: skipping dinner

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 夕食(ゆうしょく): dinner — more formal; used in writing and polite speech
  • 晩(ばん)ご飯(はん): dinner — a near-synonym, slightly more common in eastern Japan
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