Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あさ
Grade: 2
はん
Grade: 4
kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spellings
朝御飯
朝ごはん

Etymology edit

From (あさ) (asa, morning) + ()(はん) (gohan, meal).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あさ)(はん) (asagohan

  1. breakfast

Usage notes edit

The go- prefix in 御飯 (gohan) is more often written in hiragana, as .

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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