Keyword
meal
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1583
Readings
はん
(59%)
めし
(38%)
Composed of
eat a little
be against
Used in vocabulary (288 in total)
cooked rice; meal
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
evening meal; dinner; supper
lunch; midday meal
lunch; midday meal
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
dinner; evening meal
dinner; evening meal
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
dinner; evening meal
cooked rice; meal
evening meal; dinner; supper
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
onigiri; rice ball
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
large meal; large meals
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
grain of boiled rice
food; cooked rice
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
dinner; evening meal
cooked white rice
cooked rice
free food; free meal
Chinese-style fried rice
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
Chinese restaurant
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
lunch; midday meal
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
grain of boiled rice
rice cooking; boiling rice
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
free food; free meal
boiled barley and rice
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
evening meal; dinner; supper
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
onigiri; rice ball
least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
rice cooker and warmer
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
round, wooden container for cooked rice
solitary meal
cannot make a living
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
matter of no importance; commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter item
onigiri; rice ball
bowl of rice; meal
cooked rice
crab omelet on rice
bursting out laughing
playing house
to depend on someone for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position
eating alone; eating by oneself
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
to serve rice in a bowl
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
natto served on rice
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; (lit.) more important than three meals a day
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
food porn (i.e. appetizing pictures of food); terrorizing people by posting food porn
izuna; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; keeper of an izuna
rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu
eatery; restaurant
fast eater; early meal
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
dried boiled rice
having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
Italian food
cooked rice; food; meal
female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
(Japanese-style) dining table
dude food; food that is (stereotypically) appealing to men
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
rice boiled with adzuki beans
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
microwavable instant rice; pre-cooked rice
grain of boiled rice
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
steamed rice with millet; boiled rice with millet
losing one's means of livelihood
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
bad cooking; bad food; sadness at seeing the happiness of others
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
rice boiled with greens
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
eel kabayaki with rice
dried boiled rice
playing house
campsite food; food cooked and eaten while camping; camp cooking
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
chicken and rice
rice cooked with matsutake
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
bowl used for serving rice
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
keeper of an izuna (fox-like spirit)
taking a meal; eating
cooked rice; food; meal
everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
bowl used for serving rice
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
rice covered with grated yam
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
poor meal
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
good-luck meal (eaten before a competition, etc.)
pre-cooked rice
free food; free meal
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
eating alone; eating by oneself
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
round, wooden container for cooked rice
giving evasive answers by arguing over the definition of a word
rice cooked with matsutake
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
rice with other ingredients poured on top
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
home cooking; home meal
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
(Edo-period inn) maidservant
rice offering to Buddha
bowl of rice; single serving of rice; bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased
rice sprinkled with red perilla
cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
boiled barley and rice
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
dinner; evening meal
breakfast
rice with grilled mushrooms
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
campground cooking pavilion
boiled barley and rice
rice covered with beef and vegetables
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)
losing one's means of livelihood
cooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
chicken and rice
home cooking; home meal
crudely made zori with straw fastenings
rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
losing one's means of livelihood
pork with rice
dropping off-line to eat
a rice steamer
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
steamed rice as an offering to a god
eating alone; eating by oneself
picnic; eating outdoors
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it); mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
microwavable instant rice; pre-cooked rice
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
rice cooked with matsutake
campsite food; food cooked and eaten while camping; camp cooking
eel kabayaki with rice
minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice
minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
rice with other ingredients poured on top
rice with other ingredients poured on top
fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams
rice sprinkled with red perilla
rice sprinkled with red perilla
rice with grilled mushrooms
rice with grilled mushrooms
soft rice (cooked in a pot)
canned meal (e.g. military ration)
crab meat and rice
cutlet and rice combo meal
cutlet and rice combo meal
steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it); mochi rice with red beans steamed in a steaming basket; rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)
the noonday meal
single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)
to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat
rice washed in cold water; dried rice soaked in water to soften
Idesia polycarpa; idesia
trusting a cat with milk; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; (lit.) (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
twice-boiled rice (for sick persons)
yellow rice meal (coloured with essence of gardenia fruit)
event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2 Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)
mochi rice topped with fish (or other food) and steamed
mochi rice topped with fish (or other food) and steamed
cooked rice with yam bulblets
cooked rice with yam bulblets
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
eating early; early meal
dish served in a lacquered bowl; celebratory banquet
yakbap (sweet Korean dish with rice and nuts)
rice with dried daikon leaves
rice with dried daikon leaves
good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)
Okinawa pit viper (Ovophis okinavensis); Ryukyu Island pit viper
Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae); Izu leaf warbler, Ijima's willow warbler; Ijima's warbler
conversing in a foreign language while eating; Western dish; Western food
banchan; side dishes accompanying a typical Korean meal
Examples (173 in total)
"You aren't buying anything?" "Yeah, I've already eaten."
I always eat before going to school.
I'll call you after I've finished eating dinner.