お昼

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
お晝 (kyūjitai)
御昼

Etymology

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Compound of (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ (hiru, daytime; midday, noon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひる) (ohiru

  1. daytime, the daylight hours
  2. midday, noon
  3. (by extension) the midday meal, lunch

Usage notes

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Most commonly written using the hiragana for the prefix o-, instead of the kanji .

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN