朝ご飯、昼ご飯、晩ご飯
asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan
In Japanese, breakfast, lunch and dinner are 朝ご飯、昼ご飯、晩ご飯 (asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan).
These are the everyday words for the three meals of the day.
What does it mean word for word?
Each word ends in ご飯, which means meal or cooked rice. 朝 means morning, 昼 means midday and 晩 means evening.
How do you pronounce it?
Romanized they are asagohan, hirugohan and bangohan.
Did you know?
- In Japan, 昼ご飯 is often shortened to ランチ ('ranchi') when referring to a meal eaten at a restaurant or a cafe. Using the English loanword suggests a more social or leisure-oriented outing.
- If you are eating a very late dinner or a midnight snack, it is not called 晩ご飯. Instead, it is often referred to as 夜食 ('yashoku'), meaning 'night food'.
- If you want to be more formal or polite, you can replace the suffix ご飯 with the more respectful term 食 (shoku), as in 朝食 (choushoku).
Examples in context
- 朝ご飯、昼ご飯、晩ご飯を全部食べました。Asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan o zenbu tabemashita.I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- 朝ご飯、昼ご飯、晩ご飯の時間は大切です。Asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan no jikan wa taisetsu desu.Breakfast, lunch, and dinner times are important.
- 朝ご飯、昼ご飯、晩ご飯のメニューが決まりました。Asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan no menyū ga kimarimashita.The breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu has been decided.
Example conversation
Yui and Ren are discussing their meal plans for the day.
- 結衣 Yui今日の朝ご飯、昼ご飯、晩ご飯はどうする？kyou no asagohan, hirugohan, bangohan wa dou suru?What are we doing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner today?
- 蓮 Ren全部外で食べようか。zenbu soto de tabeyou ka.Shall we eat all of them out?
- 結衣 Yuiいい考えね。どこに行く？ii kangae ne. doko ni iku?That's a good idea. Where shall we go?
- 蓮 Ren新しいレストランを予約するよ。atarashii resutoran o yoyaku suru yo.I will reserve a new restaurant.
