飯 (meshi) means “meal” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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忙しくても、飯は抜きません。isoga shi ku te mo meshi wa nu ki ma se n

Even when I am busy, I do not skip a meal.

Treats food as the ordinary substance or occasion of eating, including a meal, food, or cooked rice.

ご飯gohan: A common everyday word for a meal or cooked rice.
食事shokuji: An occasion of eating a meal, used in neutral or more formal speech.

人が食べる食事や食べ物、または炊いた米。hito ga ta be ru shoku ji ya ta be mono ma ta wa ta i ta kome

飯 (meshi, "meal") is a native Japanese word commonly explained in connection with めす (mesu, "to eat"), and it uses the Chinese-origin character 飯.

Because 飯 (meshi, "meal") can mean either a meal or cooked rice, the surrounding context shows whether it refers to the whole eating occasion or what is on the plate.