昼食

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 昼食 is read as ちゅうしょく and means lunch, the meal eaten around midday.
• Basic usage: It can be the meal eaten at a stated place or the break dividing a meeting that continues into the afternoon.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• As the meal eaten
  • 昼食を食べる means eating lunch. Example: 今日の昼食は公園のベンチで食べた。
• Dividing a schedule
  • 昼食を挟んで means that the event continues on both sides of a lunch interval. Example: 会議は昼食を挟んで午後まで続いた。