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みし【飯】 : mishi | define meaning
mishi
Pronunciation: [miɕi]
Definition
Noun
- (Dated) Cooked rice
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese めし【飯】 meshi "cooked rice".
Historical attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Eat, to, boiled rice. Méeshee kámoong, or kánoung".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 飯 |
| Kana | みし |
| Romanization | mishi |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [miɕi] |
意味：めし【飯】
Categories:
飯
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 26). みし【飯】 : mishi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 16, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8242/mishi/.