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► 成句
  [(2)めし]  [三度の飯より好き]    meaning:  love  rank: 4
☆ うちの息子ゲームが三の飯より好きだ ⇨ My son loves games more than three meals of the day, more than anything

  [(2)めし]  [臭い飯を食う]  [coll]    meaning:  prison  rank: 4
☆ あいつは今臭い飯を食っている ⇨ He is eating stinky rice now. He is in jail now  (☛ Prisoners used to eat cheaper wheat, which has distinctive smell, instead of rice)

► 名詞
  [(2)めし]  [coll]  [男]    meaning:  meal  rank: 2
☆ この景気では飯のげだ ⇨ We cannot eat, sustain lives, under this bad economy
☆ 飯食いにこうぜ ⇨ Let’s go get something to eat  (☛ Usually only used among men)


More examples:
  • 彼女子供達が御飯をわるの待っている ⇨ She’s waiting for the kids to finish eating
  • そろそろ昼御飯にしよう ⇨ Let’s have lunch, isn’t it time for lunch?
  • 夕御飯は普通時頃だ ⇨ Dinner is usually around seven
  • 彼女子供をなだめすかして御飯をべさせた ⇨ She made her child have a meal by using all kinds of tricks
  • 御飯ならもうべたよ ⇨ I already had a meal
  • 御飯が丁度いい具合けた ⇨ The rice was cooked to perfection
  • 御飯未だ? ⇨ Isn’t dinner ready yet?
  • は御飯を三杯食べた ⇨ He ate three bowls of rice
  • 御飯粒がほっぺたにいてるよ ⇨ You have rice on your cheek
  • 御飯を海苔包んだ ⇨ I wrapped rice with seaweed
  • 彼女茶碗に御飯をよそった ⇨ She put rice in the bowl
  • ゴミの残飯をがさがさしている ⇨ A cat is rummaging through garbage for leftover food
  • この地域では犯罪日常茶飯事だ ⇨ Crimes are daily occurrences in this area
  • このままでは飯のげだ ⇨ We cannot eat, sustain lives, at this rate
  • 今御飯作ってるところ ⇨ I’m in the middle of cooking a meal