Meaning

Primary

Fried Rice

Word Type

noun

Explanation

What's your favorite fry meal? Surely it's fried rice, who doesn't love fried rice.

Note that this word is also commonly written in katakana, so you may see it written that way on a menu!

Reading

ちゃーはん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)
チャーハン
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You know the reading for , but uses an exceptional reading that you didn't learn. Here's a mnemonic to help you:

Do you know what would bring your fried rice to the next level? Some charcoal (ちゃー)! Next time, just add a little charcoal to your fried rice, and it'll taste so much better. Trust me on this one.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 炒飯に合う

    to go well with fried rice

    炒飯に入れる

    to put something into fried rice

    炒飯にする

    to go with fried rice, to turn something into fried rice

Context Sentences

私はキムチ炒飯が大好きです。

I love kimchi fried rice.

俺は炒飯にするよ。

I'll go with the fried rice.

美味しい炒飯を作るのは簡単じゃない。

Making delicious fried rice isn't easy.

Kanji Composition