飯

めし
meals
food

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めし【飯】

①［米飯］

〔ごはん， 白米〕

**rice

〖U〗米， 飯

fry up cold rice 冷や飯をいためて温める， 焼き飯にする.

②［食事］

〔ごはん〕

¶今晩～を食いに家に来ないかい

Can you come over to my house for a bite tonight?

¶ここはうまい昼～を食わせるよ

They serve good lunches here.

¶ → 同じ釜の飯を食べる

¶彼ﾍ三度の～より野球が好きだ

He likes baseball better than anything else.

③［生計］

〔暮し， 生活〕

¶作家では～が食えない

I can't make ［earn］ my living as a writer.

¶ → 飯の食い上げだ

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I

まま【飯】

＝ごはん².

II

まんま【飯】

＝ごはん².

III

めし【飯】

1 〔御飯〕 boiled [cooked] rice.

●飯を炊く boil [cook] rice.

2 〔食事〕 a meal; food.

●運動すると飯がうまい. Exercise gives you a good appetite.

●そろそろ飯にしよう. It's time for lunch. | Let's have lunch now.

●私が行ったら飯の最中だった. I found them at table.

●飯を食う take [have, eat] a meal; dine; sit [be] at table

・一緒に飯を食う eat [dine] together; eat off the same trencher

・まあ, 一緒に飯でも食おう. 《口》 Have [Take] a bite with me.

・腹いっぱい飯を食う eat [have] a hearty meal

・日に 3 度ちゃんとした飯を食う have three square meals [《米》 《口》 squares] a day

・よそで[外で]飯を食う have one's meals elsewhere; dine [eat] out

・急いで飯をすます dispatch a hasty meal

・飯を食いそこなう miss one's meal

・飯を食うのを忘れる forget one's meals

・臭い飯を食う 〔刑務所で服役する〕 serve a prison term; do [serve] time; 《口》 do a stretch

・他人の飯を食う see how the other half lives; serve as an apprentice

・同じ釜の飯を食う 〔共同生活をする〕 eat out of the same pot together. [⇒かま¹]

●彼は三度の飯より碁が好きだ. He would rather play go than eat his meals. | He's crazy about go.

・サラリーマンが家に帰って言う言葉はただ「飯, 風呂, 寝る」. Returning home from work, the salaryman bluntly demands, “Supper, bath and bed.”

3 〔生計〕 living; livelihood; bread (and butter).

●飯が食えない be unable to earn one's bread; cannot make a living

・飯が食えるようにしてやる set sb up so he can make a living.

●飯の種 a means of living; a source of income; one's occupation; one's bread and butter

・そんなことをしたら飯の食いあげだ. It would cost me my job [livelihood].

・彼らはようやく明日の飯の心配をしなくてもよい身になった. At last they were freed from the worry of where the next meal was coming from.

●飯を食う make [earn] one's [a] living; earn one's bread; gain one's livelihood

・筆で飯を食う live [make a living] by writing [the pen]; depend upon the pen for one's bread

・家族に飯を食わせる support [feed] one's family

・なんとかして飯を食って行かねばならない. I must support myself somehow.

一膳飯 a bowl of rice.

どんぶり飯 rice served in a bowl.

握り飯 ＝おにぎり.

麦飯 rice boiled with barley.

飯代 the price for a meal.

飯茶碗 a rice bowl.

飯粒 a grain of boiled rice.

飯時 mealtime; dinner time; suppertime; lunchtime.

●飯時に帰る go [come] home at mealtime.

飯櫃(_びつ) a boiled-rice container [tub].