Mnemonic
At the grand feast, one guest is fiercely anti- all the extravagance. He shoves away the caviar and gold-leaf desserts, demanding just a plain meal — a simple bowl of steaming rice. That is all any meal needs to be, he insists.
Additional thoughts
Visualize the contrast: a lavish banquet table versus one stubborn man sitting with nothing but a humble rice bowl. His anti-feast attitude strips everything down to a basic meal.Quick recall
A feast guest goes anti- extravagance, wanting only a simple meal of rice.Details
The keyword for 飯 is meal. This kanji refers to cooked rice or, more broadly, a meal in general. In Japanese culture, rice is so central to the diet that the word for cooked rice became synonymous with eating a meal itself. It encompasses breakfast, lunch, dinner, or any occasion of sitting down to eat.
- On'yomi
- はん
- Kun'yomi
- めし