御飯

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 御飯 is read as ごはん and is a noun for cooked rice or for a meal such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
• Basic usage: Serving freshly cooked rice in a bowl appears in 炊きたての御飯を茶碗によそう, while sharing a meal appears in 一緒に御飯を食べる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Rice and meal meanings
  • In cooking or rice-bowl contexts it denotes cooked rice; in social eating contexts it can mean the whole meal.
• Difference from 米
  • Unlike the word for rice as a grain or uncooked ingredient, this term denotes cooked rice or a meal.