Hanamaruhanamaru

ごはん

ご飯

rice

gohan

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#2,800

Meanings

  1. 1
    cooked ricen
  2. 2
    mealn

JMdict 1270590

In a sentence

ごはんご飯mealまえbeforeてを手をhandsあらlet's washおう

Let's wash hands before the meal

How it works

Time words come first: ご飯ごはん (meal) is tied to まえ (before) by (of), and (at) pins it to that moment — “before the meal”. Then (object) marks (hands) as what gets washed. The verb ends in the volitional 洗おうあらおう (let's wash), the plain “let's…” form that turns a plan into a friendly invitation rather than a command.

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