Why don't 私 and 朝飯 go together?


Earlier, I asked [a
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/17760/%E3%81%AB-%E3%81%A7-as-
time-particles-whats-the-difference) with the following examples:

> **私** は **朝飯** のみに茶を飲む  
>  **私** は **朝飯** のみで茶を飲む

I was told in [a
comment](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/17760/%E3%81%AB-%E3%81%A7-as-
time-particles-whats-the-difference#comment40809_17760) that 私 and 朝飯 sound
funny together. Why is that so?




The word 「[朝飯]{あさめし}」, to begin with, is NOT your most generic word for
"breakfast". That word would be 「[朝]{あさ}ご[飯]{はん}」, or more
formally,「[朝食]{ちょうしょく}」. This means that it would take a certain group of
people and/or certain situations for you to hear the word 朝飯 in natural
settings among us native speakers.

Who would say 朝飯, then? First and foremost, it is male speakers. Any male
speakers? No, it would generally be the "tough guy" types. Once in a while,
however, even the non-tough guy would use the word if he were surrounded by
other guys he knew very well --- call it peer pressure.

However, the next question is even more important. How many of those tough
guys with their own word choices would refer to themselves with the not-so-
informal pronoun 「私」 when we have a few other choices that would go better and
more naturally with a word like 朝飯? This is why I said it sounded funny. I
just could not picture a guy using those two words in a short sentence in the
real Japanese-speaking world.

I am not sure how you are reading 「私」, but the combination of わたし and 朝飯 would
already be very rare and that of わたくし and 朝飯 would be near impossible.




The word 「[朝飯]{あさめし}」, to begin with, is NOT your most generic word for
"breakfast". That word would be 「[朝]{あさ}ご[飯]{はん}」, or more
formally,「[朝食]{ちょうしょく}」. This means that it would take a certain group of
people and/or certain situations for you to hear the word 朝飯 in natural
settings among us native speakers.

Who would say 朝飯, then? First and foremost, it is male speakers. Any male
speakers? No, it would generally be the "tough guy" types. Once in a while,
however, even the non-tough guy would use the word if he were surrounded by
other guys he knew very well --- call it peer pressure.

However, the next question is even more important. How many of those tough
guys with their own word choices would refer to themselves with the not-so-
informal pronoun 「私」 when we have a few other choices that would go better and
more naturally with a word like 朝飯? This is why I said it sounded funny. I
just could not picture a guy using those two words in a short sentence in the
real Japanese-speaking world.

I am not sure how you are reading 「私」, but the combination of わたし and 朝飯 would
already be very rare and that of わたくし and 朝飯 would be near impossible.

