お昼

• 御昼

Compound of お (o-, “honorific prefix”) +‎ 昼 (hiru, “daytime; midday, noon”).

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [o̞çiɾ̠ɯᵝ]

お昼 (hiragana おひる, rōmaji ohiru)

1. daytime, the daylight hours
2. midday, noon
3. (by extension) the midday meal, lunch

Most commonly written using the hiragana お for the prefix.

• 御昼こし (おひるこし, ohiru koshi): a 女房詞 (nyōbōshi, “women's word”) for “lunch”
• 御昼なる (おひるなる, ohiru naru): a 女房詞 (nyōbōshi, “women's word”) for “to get up, to wake up”