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昼
Noon, Daytime
ひる (hiru)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🚄 Many travelers in Japan buy special "ekiben" lunch boxes at train stations before boarding long-distance trains. By noon, passengers across Japan are enjoying regional specialties while watching the countryside roll past their windows.
Memory Trick
Morning (朝) is when the sun chases away the moon. Noon (昼) is when the sun wins and sits proudly in the middle of the sky. That's why the sun (日) sits right in the center of 昼.
Readings
Onyomi: チュウ (chuu)
Kunyomi: ひる (hiru)
Example Words
昼
ひる (hiru)
Daytime
昼ご飯
ひるごはん (hirugohan)
Lunch
昼休み
ひるやすみ (hiruyasumi)
Lunch break
昼間
ひるま (hiruma)
Daytime
Example Sentence
昼に 友達と 昼ご飯を 食べました。
ひるに ともだちと ひるごはんを たべました。
hiru ni tomodachi to hirugohan o tabemashita
I ate lunch with my friend at noon.