お昼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼
Grade: 2

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of お (o, “honorific prefix”) +‎ 昼 (hiru, “daytime; midday, noon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

お昼 (hiragana おひる, rōmaji ohiru)

  1. daytime, the daylight hours
  2. midday, noon
  3. (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”
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