ご飯 — meaning in English

English meaning

• meal noun Food prepared and eaten together, typically at a set time of day.
• rice noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.

Senses

ご飯 is used for these senses in English:

• meal (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

meal — full definition

1. noun Food prepared and eaten together, typically at a set time of day.
2. noun Coarsely ground grain, used in baking or as animal feed.

rice — full definition

1. noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.
2. verb To press soft food such as potatoes through a ricer, breaking it into small rice-sized pieces.

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