飯

Let’s learn Japanese kanji for 飯 !

今回の漢字は『飯』！

ご飯 - ごはん　cooked rice; meal 🍚

飯 - めし　cooked rice

朝ご飯 - あさごはん　breakfast

昼ご飯 - ひるごはん　lunch

飯を炊く - めしをたく　to cook rice

炊飯器 - すいはんき　a rice cooker

P.S. Have you ever seen a rice cooker 炊飯器? If not, you can see how they look here and here.

諺

Japanese proverb 諺：

隣りの白飯より内の粟飯 - となりのしろめしよりうちのあわめし　Nothing beats one’s own. / One may not have much, but it is still better to be happy with what you’ve got than coveting things you may never have.

(lit. Our millet [meal] is better than the neighbour’s white rice.)

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