2. What is “Bocchi meshi”?
Bocchi＝be alone Meshi=a meal
Bocchi + Meshi = eating alone
3. Two types of eating alone
Positive
“Bocchi- Meshi”
• Choose being alone
(they have friends).
• Don’t care about
being alone.
• Just enjoy the meal.
Negative
“Bocchi-Meshi”
• They don’t have
friends.
• Always care about
other people’s eyes.
• Cannot enjoy the
meal.
4. Eating alone is so
boring that I eat
fast listening
music.
It’s loneliness to
eat alone
I never
eat lunch
alone!
When I eat alone,
I sit a window
seat so that
classmates do not
find me
The voice of university students
5. Mizuki YAMAMOTO
A model in Japan
「みんながグループで一緒に食べている中で、1人でい
ると“さびしい子”に思われちゃって。かわいそうなイ
メージになるのではとドキドキします」
I am seen as a person who has no
friend I eat alone while others eat in a
group. I look a pity.
TAMORI
A big talent in Japan
「（1人で食べるのも）かっこいいじゃない！
イイ女は1人で食べなきゃ！」
The smart woman will eat by myself.
It’s cool!
6. Don’t feel sorry when you find I eat with no friends
How pathetic they are those who eat alone 55555
7. Eating in…
I have lunch in the toilet
of the uni.
It’s more
comfortable than I
thought. I don’t have
to look for an
available seat. And, I
don’t need to hear a
talk of others
8. As a measure of eating in the toilet,
Some university set the seats for eating by myself
9. Share with the partner
1. Which do you prefer, be alone or be in the
group? Why?
2. Do you think eating alone is embarrassing?
3. How do you think when you see a friend who
eat alone?
10. Discuss in the group
1. Do you think it is good for you to have many
friends? Or is it enough to have a few
friends who understand you?
2. Should you make effort for good
relationship with your friends?
3. Can you keep being yourself with your
friends?
