ライスraisu

1. nounrice (esp. when served on a plate)
   ライスとキャベツをお代かわりお願ねがいします。↗

   Can I have seconds on rice and cabbage?

• Synonymご飯ごはんNeutralThe everyday word: cooked rice, and also a meal. 「ライス」 never means a meal; it is mostly heard on restaurant menus and in set meals.
• Synonym飯めしCasualColloquial and mostly male, with a rough feel: rice or food. 「ライス」 is the usual choice when ordering rice at a restaurant.
• Synonym米飯べいはんWrittenWritten and rare: cooked rice, met mainly in statistics or nutrition writing rather than daily life. In daily speech say 「ご飯」; when ordering, say 「ライス」.
• SynonymおまんまNeutralThe same word as 「ご飯」, just another spelling: rice or a meal. When ordering rice at a restaurant, 「ライス」 is also commonly used.

On restaurant menus and in set meals, rice is 「ライス」. For everyday rice or a meal, the default is 「ご飯」. Men may use the rough colloquial 「飯」; 「米飯」 is a rare, bookish word met mainly in statistics and nutrition writing.

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1. 米べい。特とくに調理ちょうり済ずみのもの。ご飯はん。