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御飯

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
御 飯
ご
Grade: S 		はん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
ご飯
ごはん

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

御(ご)飯(はん) • (gohan) 

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

Usage notes edit

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

Synonyms edit

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References edit

  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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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