VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

昼

ひる

hepburn hiru

noon, daytime, lunch

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

昼ご飯は何を食べますか。
What will you eat for lunch?
昼の十二時に会いましょう。
Let's meet at 12 noon.

Collocations

昼ご飯 (hirugohan, lunch)昼の十二時 (noon, 12 PM)昼休み (hiruyasumi, lunch break)昼間 (hiruma, daytime)お昼 (ohiru, polite lunch)

Mnemonic

昼 hiru — fuses TWO meanings: ① noon (time) ② lunch (meal). Between 朝 asa (morning) and 夜 yoru (night). お昼 ohiru polite "lunch/midday". 昼休み hiruyasumi ("lunch break") is workplace/school vocab. The kanji 昼 alone can mean "lunch" (お昼 = lunch).

Quick check

"Let's have lunch together" — natural Japanese?