ご飯

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. ご飯を食べましたか。▶ —
   Have you eaten yet?
2. 白いご飯が好きです。▶ —
   I like white rice.

Collocations

Mnemonic

ご飯 gohan — TWO meanings: ① cooked rice ② meal (general). お米 okome is raw rice grain; ご飯 is cooked/eaten. Kanji 飯 onyomi はん (han) + honorific ご. "ご飯食べた?" ("have you eaten?") is a daily check-in greeting.

Quick check

1. "To cook rice" — natural Japanese?

   • ご飯を炊く gohan o taku (specific verb for cooking rice)
   • ご飯を作る (general "make a meal")
   • ご飯をする (ungrammatical)
   • 米を煮る (literal but unusual)