晩ご飯

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 晩ご飯は家族と食べます。▶ —
   I eat dinner with family.
2. 今日の晩ご飯はカレーです。▶ —
   Tonight's dinner is curry.

Collocations

Mnemonic

晩ご飯 bangohan — 晩 (late evening / night) + ご飯. Three-way evening lexicon: 晩ご飯 (banghohan, everyday default), 夕飯 (yuuhan / yuumeshi, slightly formal), 夕食 (yuushoku, formal). Time-of-day nuance: 晩 = after darkness, 夕 = sunset (the "夕方 evening" period). Polite invitations like "ご一緒に夕食はいかがですか" lean on 夕食. Family meals freely use 晩ご飯 or 夕飯. One word compresses time cognition and register cluster. Korean parallels: jeonyeok, manchan, siksa.

Quick check

1. Time-cognition split between 晩 and 夕?

   • 夕 = sunset (夕方) / 晩 = after darkness sets in
   • Same
   • 夕 = early morning
   • 晩 = noon