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御飯

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
はん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
ご飯
ごはん

Etymology

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Compound of (go-, honorific prefix) +‎ (han, cooked rice).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) はん [góꜜhàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞hã̠ɴ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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()(はん) (gohan

  1. cooked rice
    Synonym: (Tsugaru) まま (mama)
  2. a meal of any sort

Usage notes

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The honorific prefix (​go) is more commonly spelled in hiragana as , due in part to the complexity of the character.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN