How to say "corn" in Japanese

• とうもろこしCommon
  nounThe word for corn in its most familiar sense: the maize plant and the kernels you eat, as in corn on the cob. It is usually written in kana alone.
  袋ふくろはとうもろこしではちきれそうだった。↗

  The bag was bursting with corn.
• 穀物こくもつJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThis really means grain or cereal crops in general; it corresponds to 'corn' only in that broad, chiefly British sense, so it is seldom the word you want for the vegetable.
  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 「とうもろこし」 for corn the vegetable — the maize plant and its kernels; use 穀物 only when 'corn' means grain or cereal crops in general, as in the chiefly British sense.

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• とうもろこしcorn (Zea mays)
• 穀物こくもつgrain
• コーンcorn
• 魚の目うおのめcorn (on the foot)
• 鶏眼けいがんcorn
• たまきびcorn (Zea mays)
• メイズmaize (Zea mays)
• 米麦べいばくrice and barley
• たこcallus
• 底豆そこまめblister (on the sole of the foot)
• まめblister