How to say "cereal" in Japanese

• シリアルCommon
  nounRefers to breakfast cereal—the packaged food eaten from a bowl with milk. When talking about what you have for breakfast, this is the word you want.
• 穀物こくもつJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveMeans grain or cereal crops in the agricultural and dietary sense, such as wheat, rice, or corn. It is not the word for the breakfast food; use it when discussing grains as crops or foodstuffs.
  あなたの菜園さいえんで作つくれる穀物こくもつや野菜やさいを食たべて生活せいかつする方ほうがずっと安上やすあがりだ。↗

  It's much cheaper to live on grains and vegetables you can grow in your garden.

Use 「シリアル」 for cereal as a breakfast food eaten with milk, and 穀物 for cereal in the agricultural sense of grain crops such as wheat or rice.

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• シリアルcereal
• 穀物こくもつgrain
• セリアルcereal