No. 1,851 in Japanese
昼食
Lunch.
In a sentence
私は今日は昼食にカレーライスを食べました。
Today, I ate curry rice for lunch.
In this sentence, 昼食 is used as the direct object of the verb 食べる (to eat).
昼食は12時ごろにとる予定です。
I plan to have lunch around 12 o'clock.
Here, 昼食 is used as the subject of the sentence and paired with the verb とる (to have).
この近くで昼食が食べられる場所を探しています。
I'm looking for a place nearby where I can eat lunch.
In this case, 昼食 is paired with the potential form of 食べる, showing the action of eating lunch as a possibility.
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