飯 (Meshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “cooked rice, meal, food, one's living”.
Meanings
- nouncooked rice
- nounmeal; food
- nounone's living; livelihood
Examples
一週間メシ抜きだったよ。
I went without food for a week.
とにかくメシ・・・といきたいところだが、その前に用を足すことにした。
Anyhow, lunch ... is where I wanted to go but I decided to go to the toilet first.
テレビを点け、彼女がブラウン管の前で遊弋している。「おい、飯だぞ？」
Television turned on, she patrols in front of the CRT. "Hey you, food's up!"
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).