About foods - Part 1

People who watch the anime One Piece will surely notice that the some of the characters eat a lot.  There are some useful words that can we learn from the gluttons in the show.

Luffy eating at Alabasta

In One Piece, we can always see Luffy shouting or calling out to Sanji for food.  He always says 飯 or めし (meshi), which is an informal way of saying meals or food.  The more polite way would be ご飯 or ごはん (gohan).  When I watch videos of interviews with Japanese people, they tend to use ご飯 instead of  飯.  When ご is used as a prefix, it can be a honorifics prefix, so unless speaking with close friends, we should probably use ご飯 to describe meals or food.  

朝 or あさ (asa) means morning, so adding 朝 to the either two would make it 朝ご飯 (asagohan) and 朝飯 (asameshi), which means breakfast.  昼 or ひる (hiru) means noon, and adding it will make the compound means lunch.  夕 or ゆう (yuu) means evening, so dinner will be 夕飯  (yuumeshi) but 夕食 or ゆうしょく (yuushoku) is the other proper way to describe dinner instead of 夕ご飯 (yuugohan).

From the video, we can hear Luffy saying 腹減った or はらへった (harahetta), which means I’m hungry.  腹減ったis usually used by men.  お腹が空いた orおなかがすいた (onakagasuita) can be used by both men and women, but is more commonly used by women.

Luffy also said: “肉, 肉, 野菜退け” (niku, niku, yasainoke), which means meat, meat, remove the vegetables.  Luffy can always be heard saying 肉 or にく (niku) over and over again, as he loves to eat meat and will not be very satisfied eating vegetables, 野菜 or やさい (yasai).  退ける or のける (nokeru) means to remove or to take away.  Though Sanji seems to favor making dishes with seafood, 魚介類 or ぎょかいるい (gyokairui).

From the glutton, we can learn:

Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	English
飯	めし	Meshi	Meals, food
ご飯	ごはん	Gohan	Meals, food  (polite)
朝	あさ	Asa	Morning
昼	ひる	Hiru	Noon
夕	ゆう	Yuu	Evening
腹減った	はらへった	Harahetta	I’m Hungry (Masculine)
お腹が空いた	おなかがすいた	onakagasuita	I’m Hungry
肉	にく	Niku	Meat
野菜	やさい	Yasai	Vegetables
魚介類	ぎょかいるい	Gyokairui	Seafood
退ける	のける	Nokeru	To remove, to take away
朝ご飯 (asagohan), 朝飯 (asameshi)			Breakfast
昼ご飯 (hirugohan), 昼飯 (hirumeshi)			Lunch
夕ご飯 (yuumeshi), 夕食 (yuushoku)			Dinner

Have a nice meal.