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    3. 飯

    飯

    飯めし

    meal

    N4KMT8Freq #1046Daily LifeFood & DiningKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    めし

    On'yomi

    ハン

    Nanori

    いいいいりえ

    mealboiled rice

    飠反

    飠
    食
    厂
    又

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    Alternative forms of this concept

    飰
    飠
    𩙿

    Concepts using this kanji

    飯

    cooked rice

    朝飯

    breakfast

    米飯

    cooked rice

    炊飯器

    rice cooker

    日常茶飯事

    everyday occurrence

    夜ご飯

    dinner

    昼ご飯

    lunch

    晩御飯

    dinner

    炒飯

    Chinese-style fried rice

    残飯

    leftover food

    赤飯

    red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

    飯店

    Chinese restaurant

    一人飯

    eating alone

    一飯

    bowl of rice

    五目飯

    casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

    中飯

    the noonday meal

    大飯

    large meal

    飯売女

    maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

    午飯

    lunch

    お飯事

    playing house

    飯事

    playing house

    飯事をする

    to play house

    一宿一飯

    (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal

    ご飯時

    mealtime

    飯時

    mealtime

    物相飯

    single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)

    水飯

    rice washed in cold water

    三度の飯より好き

    very fond of

    米の飯

    cooked rice

    飯米

    rice

    朝飯前

    very easy

    飯場

    construction camp

    飯田産業

    Iida Home Max Co., Ltd

    飯台

    (Japanese-style) dining table

    産立て飯

    thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth

    握り飯

    onigiri

    ご飯論法

    giving evasive answers by arguing over the definition of a word

    男飯

    dude food

    強飯

    glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)

    深川飯

    fukagawa-meshi

    産の飯

    thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth

    産飯

    thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth

    飯の食い上げ

    losing one's means of livelihood

    飯切り

    flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice

    早飯

    fast eater

    勝負飯

    good-luck meal (eaten before a competition, etc.)

    飯盛女

    maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

    飯田女子短大

    Iida Women's Junior College

    白飯

    cooked white rice

    加薬飯

    casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

    夜飯

    dinner

    夕飯

    evening meal

    飯落ち

    dropping off-line to eat

    便所飯

    having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself

    日常茶飯

    everyday occurrence

    飯盛石

    iimoriite-(Y)

    茶飯事

    matter of no importance

    飯が食えない

    cannot make a living

    飯を食う

    to have a meal

    飯の種

    means of making a living

    飯屋

    eating house

    仏飯

    rice offering to Buddha

    冷や飯食い

    hanger-on

    冷や飯を食う

    to depend on someone for food and lodging

    家常茶飯

    everyday occurrence

    包装米飯

    cooked rice pack

    飯綱使い

    keeper of an izuna (fox-like spirit)

    夕ご飯

    evening meal

    天津飯

    crab omelet on rice

    小豆飯

    rice boiled with adzuki beans

    飯を盛る

    to serve rice in a bowl

    飯盛り

    (Edo-period inn) maidservant

    松茸飯

    rice cooked with matsutake

    薬飯

    yakbap (sweet Korean dish with rice and nuts)

    飯借

    Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)

    うなぎ飯

    eel kabayaki with rice

    そば飯

    soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

    カツ飯

    cutlet and rice combo meal

    かやくご飯

    casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

    ぶっかけ飯

    rice with other ingredients poured on top

    タダ飯

    free food

    むかご飯

    cooked rice with yam bulblets

    きのこ飯

    rice with grilled mushrooms

    ゆかりご飯

    rice sprinkled with red perilla

    飯テロ

    food porn (i.e. appetizing pictures of food)

    ぼっち飯

    solitary meal

    とろろご飯

    rice covered with grated yam

    おうちご飯

    home cooking

    パックご飯

    microwavable instant rice

    レトルトご飯

    pre-cooked rice

    イカ飯

    Ikameshi (rice-filled squid)

    イタ飯

    Italian food

    湯取り飯

    twice-boiled rice (for sick persons)

    早御飯

    eating early

    干葉飯

    rice with dried daikon leaves

    混ぜご飯

    cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)

    寿司飯

    rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi

    飯杓子

    rice scoop

    同じ釜の飯を食う

    to live together

    飯炊き女

    female cook

    茶飯

    rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu

    焼き飯

    fried rice

    麦飯石

    maifan stone

    鳥飯

    chicken and rice

    牛飯

    rice covered with beef and vegetables

    無駄飯

    living idly

    無駄飯食い

    ne'er-do-well

    電気炊飯器

    electric rice-cooker

    飯綱

    izuna

    干飯

    dried boiled rice

    卵かけご飯

    rice topped with raw egg (often seasoned with soy sauce)

    御飯

    steamed rice as an offering to a god

    一膳飯

    bowl of rice

    桜飯

    rice boiled with soy sauce and sake

    一膳飯屋

    simple and inexpensive restaurant

    松茸御飯

    rice cooked with matsutake

    海南鶏飯

    Hainanese chicken rice

    尋常茶飯

    everyday occurrence

    冷や飯

    cold rice

    菜飯

    rice boiled with greens

    喫飯

    taking a meal

    噴飯

    bursting out laughing

    噴飯もの

    quite absurd thing

    晩飯

    dinner

    飯島虫喰

    Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)

    黄飯

    yellow rice meal (coloured with essence of gardenia fruit)

    臭い飯を食う

    to go to prison

    炊き込みご飯

    rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients

    納豆ご飯

    natto served on rice

    缶飯

    canned meal (e.g. military ration)

    乾飯

    dried boiled rice

    冷や飯草履

    crudely made zori with straw fastenings

    栗ご飯

    chestnut rice

    栗飯

    chestnut rice

    飯桐

    Idesia polycarpa

    麦ご飯

    boiled barley and rice

    麦飯

    boiled barley and rice

    姫飯

    soft rice (cooked in a pot)

    椀飯振舞

    lavish feast

    飯粒

    grain of boiled rice

    蒸し飯

    steamed rice (esp. cold rice reheated by steaming it)

    飯蒸し

    mochi rice topped with fish (or other food) and steamed

    飯を蒸らす

    to let cooked rice steam after turning off the heat

    狐に小豆飯

    trusting a cat with milk

    粗飯

    poor meal

    猫飯

    dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes

    炊飯ジャー

    rice cooker and warmer

    飯炊き

    cooking rice

    炊飯

    rice cooking

    飯蛸

    ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 厂
    • 又
    • 飠
    • 食
    • 一膳飯
    • 栗ご飯
    • ご飯論法
    • 薬飯
    • 飯饌
    • 飯盛石
    • 海南鶏飯
    • 干葉飯
    • 枕飯
    • 産飯
    • 納豆ご飯
    • 勝負飯
    • ぼっち飯
    • 飯綱使い
    • とろろご飯
    • 男飯
    • 麦飯石
    • おうちご飯
    • 炊飯棟
    • 椀飯振舞
    • 一人飯
    • パックご飯
    • レトルトご飯
    • 仏飯
    • イカ飯
    • 飯田産業
    • 飯田女子短大

    is_used_in

    • 一宿一飯
    • 一膳飯屋
    • 一飯
    • 五目飯
    • ご飯
    • 桜飯
    • 残飯
    • 寿司飯
    • 炊飯器
    • 赤飯
    • 粗飯
    • 茶飯事
    • 中飯
    • 朝飯前
    • 昼飯
    • 晩飯
    • 日常茶飯
    • 飯
    • 飯事
    • 飯事をする
    • 飯場
    • 飯店
    • 飯盒
    • 米飯
    • 冷や飯
    • 炒飯
    • 乾飯
    • 朝飯
    • 麦飯
    • 夕飯
    • 握り飯
    • 晩御飯
    • 昼ご飯
    • 噴飯
    • 干飯
    • 飯粒
    • 飯台
    • 飯炊き
    • 無駄飯
    • 松茸御飯
    • 釜飯
    • ご飯時
    • 御飯蒸し
    • 茶飯
    • 加薬飯
    • 物相飯
    • 日常茶飯事
    • 飯米
    • 飯屋
    • 飯時
    • 飯盛り
    • 飯櫃
    • 焼き飯
    • 冷や飯食い
    • 強飯
    • 早飯
    • 丼飯
    • 喫飯
    • 炊き込みご飯
    • 噴飯もの
    • 飯が食えない
    • 飯を食う
    • 飯を蒸らす
    • 夕ご飯
    • 飯綱
    • 家常茶飯
    • 白飯
    • 水飯
    • 尋常茶飯
    • 冷や飯草履
    • 同じ釜の飯を食う
    • イタ飯
    • 冷や飯を食う
    • 飯の食い上げ
    • 三度の飯より好き
    • 大飯
    • 酢飯
    • 飯蛸
    • 飯匙
    • 飯杓子
    • 姫飯
    • 深川飯
    • 飯桐
    • 天津飯
    • 菜飯
    • 飯切り
    • 包装米飯
    • 飯椀
    • 炊飯
    • 粟飯
    • 卵かけご飯
    • 夜ご飯
    • 猫飯
    • 飯落ち
    • 小豆飯
    • 栗飯
    • 午飯
    • 狐に小豆飯
    • 飯炊き女
    • 飯茶碗
    • 飯を盛る
    • 飯盛女
    • 飯売女
    • うなぎ飯
    • 飯借
    • 蒸し飯
    • 湯取り飯
    • 電気炊飯器
    • そば飯
    • 黄飯
    • 鶏飯
    • カツ飯
    • 御飯粒
    • 蟹飯
    • 麦ご飯
    • 牛飯
    • かやくご飯
    • 米の飯
    • ぶっかけ飯
    • 御飯
    • 臭い飯を食う
    • 飯蒸し
    • タダ飯
    • 炒め飯
    • 炊飯ジャー
    • むかご飯
    • 飯島虫喰
    • 炒めご飯
    • 牡蠣飯
    • 松茸飯
    • きのこ飯
    • 産立て飯
    • 産の飯
    • 夜飯
    • 鳥飯
    • 便所飯
    • 魯肉飯
    • 混ぜご飯
    • 早御飯
    • 飯の種
    • 椀飯
    • 無駄飯食い
    • ゆかりご飯
    • お飯事
    • 飯テロ
    • 缶飯

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    • 飰

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