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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:
  • 御飯を余分いた ⇨ I cooked rice a little more than needed
  • 今夕飯を食ってるところだ ⇨ I’m having my dinner right now
  • 彼女は御飯をおによそった ⇨ She put some rice in a bowl
  • は御飯を頬張った ⇨ He filled up his cheeks with rice. He took a mouthful of rice
  • ゴミの残飯をがさがさしている ⇨ A cat is rummaging through garbage for leftover food
  • 野良猫が残飯を漁っている ⇨ Feral cats are scavenging discarded food
  • 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
  • では晩御飯は大体だ ⇨ Dinner is somewhere around 7 at my house
  • めにいた御飯が好きだ ⇨ I like riced cooked on the firm, fluffy, side
  • 子供に御飯をべさせている ⇨ He is making his child eat, feeding his child
  • 御飯できたよ! ⇨ The meal has been made! The meal is ready!
  • 夕飯はべてた ⇨ I’ve already had my dinner outside
  • 夕飯にべた ⇨ I had fish for dinner
  • 私達は御飯をべながらした ⇨ We talked while having a meal
  • 炊きたての御飯 ⇨ Freshly cooked rice. Rice that was just cooked