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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)