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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:
  • タダ飯食いのしてもっと美味いものはないかとは余りにもかましい ⇨ How shameless for a freeloader to demand better food
  • 御飯が丁度いい具合けた ⇨ The rice was cooked to perfection
  • いに赤飯をいた ⇨ We cooked red rice for a celebration
  • もう昼御飯食べた? ⇨ Have you already had your lunch?
  • は御飯を三杯食べた ⇨ He ate three bowls of rice
  • 御飯はもうすぐける ⇨ The rice will be cooked shortly
  • 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
  • 彼女茶碗に御飯をよそった ⇨ She put rice in the bowl
  • 私達は御飯をべながらした ⇨ We talked while having a meal
  • 組織内や飯をわされてきた ⇨ He has been made to eat cold rice, maltreated, within the organization
  • このでは停電日常茶飯事だ ⇨ Power outages are common occurrences in this town
  • 御飯粒がほっぺたにいてるよ ⇨ You have rice on your cheek
  • 御飯を海苔いてべた ⇨ I had rice wrapped in nori, dried seaweed
  • 御飯はめればいいだけにしてくから ⇨ I will prepare the meal so that you only have to heat it
  • 今夕飯を食ってるところだ ⇨ I’m having my dinner right now