昼飯

Compound of 昼(ひる) (hiru, “noon”) + 飯(めし) (meshi, “food; meal”).

• IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟me̞ɕi]

昼(ひる)飯(めし) • (hirumeshi) 

1. lunch
   • 1927 [1884], San'yūtei Enchō, edited by Suzuki Ikumi, Kaidan botan dōrō [Peony lantern ghost story]‎^[1]:

     私(わたし)が少(すこ)し思(おも)う事(こと)があるから、明日(あす)昼飯(ひるめし)を喰(く)って、それから八(ヤ)ツ前後(ぜんご)に神田(かんだ)の旅籠町(はたごまち)へ行(ゆ)きなさい、其処(そこ)に白翁堂勇齋(しらおうどうゆうさい)という人相(にんそう)を見(み)る親爺(おやじ)がいるが、今年(ことし)はもう七十(ななじゅう)だが達者(たっしゃ)な老人(ろうじん)でなア、人相(にんそう)は余程名人(よほどめいじん)だよ […]

     Watashi ga sukoshi omō koto ga aru kara, asu hirumeshi o kutte, sore kara yatsu zengo ni Kanda no hatagomachi e yuki nasai, soko ni Shiraōdō Yūsai to iu ninsō o miru oyaji ga iru ga, kotoshi wa mō nanajū da ga tassha na rōjin de nā, ninsō wa yohodo meijin da yo […]

     I have something on my mind, so tomorrow after we eat lunch, around eight o'clock go to the lodgings in Kanda, there you can find an old man called Shiraodo Yusai, seventy years old but still sharp, a master of reading faces...

   • 1984 August 21, Tachibana Goyo, quotee, “Kōshien no kokoro: kōkō yakkyū no asu no tame ni [The heart of Koshien: for the sake of tomorrow's high school baseball]”, in Asahi Shimbun, page 4:

     あのとき、昼飯(ひるめし)をバスに忘(わす)れて、みなレモンをかじって夢中(むちゅう)で戦(たたか)ったんです。宿(やど)に帰(かえ)ったときはもうへとへと。

     Ano toki, hirumeshi o basu ni wasurete, mina remon o kajitte muchū de tatakattan desu. Yado ni kaetta toki wa mō hetoheto.

     Back then, we forgot our lunch on the bus, so we were all chewing on lemons and struggling like crazy. By the time we got back to our rooms we were exhausted.

   • 2001 April 19, “Kon-shū no hondana [This week's book shelf]”, in Tokyo Shimbun, page 9:

     日(に)本(ほん)人(じん)のひるめし　酒(さか)井(い)伸(のぶ)雄(お)著(ちょ)
     １(いち)日(にち)３(さん)食(しょく)のうち一(いち)番(ばん)地(じ)味(み)で、でもサラリーマンにとっては自(じ)分(ぶん)の裁(さい)量(りょう)で食(た)べられる唯(ゆい)一(いつ)の食(しょく)事(じ)機(き)会(かい)でもある「昼(ちゅう)食(しょく)＝(＝)ひるめし」。グルメ談(だん)議(ぎ)も楽(たの)しいけれど、食(しょく)の歴(れき)史・文(し・ぶん)化(か)の視(し)点(てん)で「ひるめし」を見(み)つめ直(なお)せば…。日(に)本(ほん)人(じん)はいつから昼(ちゅう)食(しょく)を食(た)べるようになったか。

     Nihonjin no hirumeshi Sakai Nobuo cho
     Ichinichi sanshoku no uchi ichiban jimi de, demo sararīman ni totte wa jibun no sairyō de taberareru yuītsu no shokuji kikai de mo aru “chūshoku - hirumeshi”. Gurume dangi mo tanoshī keredo, shoku no rekishi bunka no shiten de “hirumeshi” o mitsume naoseba…. Nihonjin wa itsu kara chūshoku o taberu yō ni natta ka.

     "Japanese people's hirumeshi" by Nobuo Sakai
     It is the most humble of the day's three meals, but also the only time a salaried worker may eat at their own discretion: lunch (or hirumeshi). Gourmet discourse is fun, but reexamining "lunch" through the lens of culinary history and culture reveals... When did Japanese people begin to eat lunch?

• 昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) (chūshoku)
• ランチ (ranchi)
• お昼(ひる) (ohiru)

Compound of 昼 (hiru, “noon”) +‎ 飯 (han, “cooked rice or other grains, meal”).

• IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟hã̠ɴ]

昼(ひる)飯(はん) • (hiruhan) 

1. lunch

Compound of 昼(ちゅう) (chū, “noon”) + 飯(はん) (han, “meal”)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːhã̠ɴ]

昼(ちゅう)飯(はん) • (chūhan) 

1. lunch
   • 2021 July 20, Tanegashima teppō-kan, “Tanegashima Uchū sentā cafeteria ‘Chūhan-ya’ [Tanegashima Space Center cafteria ‘Chuhan-ya’]”, in Facebook‎^[2]:

     宇宙(うちゅう)センターの敷地(しきち)にあるレストランです。窓(まど)から見(み)える景色(けしき)が素敵(すてき)なところです。種子島(たねがしま)ではお昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)のことを“ちゅうはん（昼飯(ちゅうはん)）”と言(い)います。

     Uchū sentā no shikichi ni aru resutoran desu. Mado kara mieru keshiki ga suteki na tokoro desu. Tanegashima de wa ohirugohan no koto o “chūhan (chūhan)” to iimasu.

     This is the restaurant at the space center. You can see from the window what a charming place it is. In Tanegashima luncheon is called “chūhan (l(a)unch)”.

   • 2025 December 21, herb_land_season, Instagram‎^[3]:

     赤塚(あかつか)の昼飯(ちゅうはん)（ちゅうはん）→・ゆず味噌(みそ)おにぎり・大根(だいこん)とゆずの香々(こうこう)（こうこう）・酒粕(さけかす)と鮭(さけ)の粕汁(かすじる)

     Akatsuka no chūhan (chūhan) → yuzu miso onigiri daikon to yuzu no kōkō (kōkō) sakekasu to sake no kasujiru

     Akatsuka lunch (chūhan) → yuzu-miso rice balls, daikon and yuzu salad (kōkō), sake lees and salmon soup