お昼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼
ひる Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
お晝 (kyūjitai) 御昼

Etymology

Compound of お (o-, “honorific prefix”) +‎ 昼 (hiru, “daytime; midday, noon”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おひ​る [òhíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞çiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

お昼(ひる) • (ohiru) 

1. daytime, the daylight hours
2. midday, noon
3. (by extension) the midday meal, lunch

Usage notes

Most commonly written using the hiragana お for the prefix o-, instead of the kanji 御.

Derived terms

• 御昼(おひる)こし (ohiru koshi): a 女房詞(にょうぼうことば) (nyōbō kotoba): women's word for “lunch”
• 御昼(おひる)なる (ohiru naru): a 女房詞(にょうぼうことば) (nyōbō kotoba): women's word for “to get up, to wake up”