お昼
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 昼 |
| Grade: 2 |
Alternative forms
- 御昼
Etymology
Compound of お (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 昼 (hiru, “daytime; midday, noon”).
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- IPA(key): [o̞çiɾ̠ɯᵝ]
Noun
お昼 (hiragana おひる, rōmaji ohiru)
- daytime, the daylight hours
- midday, noon
- (by extension) the midday meal, lunch
Usage notes
Most commonly written using the hiragana お for the prefix.
Derived terms
- 御昼こし (おひるこし, ohiru koshi): a 女房詞 (nyōbōshi, “women's word”) for “lunch”
- 御昼なる (おひるなる, ohiru naru): a 女房詞 (nyōbōshi, “women's word”) for “to get up, to wake up”