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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:
  • いに赤飯をいた ⇨ We cooked red rice for a celebration
  • 御飯はもうすぐける ⇨ The rice will be cooked shortly
  • そろそろ夕御飯をこさえよう ⇨ Let’s start making, cooking, preparing, dinner
  • 御飯ならもうべたよ ⇨ I already had a meal
  • 御飯を余分いた ⇨ I cooked rice a little more than needed
  • もう昼御飯食べた? ⇨ Have you already had your lunch?
  • 彼女は御飯をお盛った ⇨ She put rice in a bowl
  • 彼女の「御飯よ」の犬達一斉寄った ⇨ When she called “meal”, the dogs came running all at once
  • 家族の夕飯を支度しなくてはいけない ⇨ I need to prepare dinner for my family
  • 御飯が丁度いい具合けた ⇨ The rice was cooked to perfection
  • このでは停電日常茶飯事だ ⇨ Power outages are common occurrences in this town
  • は朝御飯にいつも納豆べる ⇨ I always eat natto for breakfast
  • 電子レンジで御飯をあっためた ⇨ I reheated rice with a microwave
  • 電気炊飯器 ⇨ An electric rice cooker
  • 御飯をべにこう ⇨ Let’s go out to eat