小麦|こむぎkomugi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounwheat
    この小麦こむぎは粉こなにされる。↗
    This wheat is made into flour.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedとうもろこしNeutralCorn (maize), a different grain from wheat. In everyday use 「トウモロコシ」 is the usual written form; not interchangeable with 「小麦」.
  • RelatedもろこしNeutralRefers to sorghum, a different crop from wheat. Like 「小麦」 it is a grain, but the two are only related terms and cannot replace each other.
  • RelatedとうきびNeutralAn alternate name for sorghum, found mostly in older texts. A different crop from wheat, so it cannot be swapped for 「小麦」.

For wheat say 「小麦」, and for flour 「小麦粉」. Sorghum is 「モロコシ」 and corn is 「トウモロコシ」 — three distinct crops, so these words never replace one another.

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Japanese definitions
  1. イネ科いねかコムギ属ぞくの植物しょくぶつ。種しゅとしては特とくに Triticum aestivum を指さす。その種子しゅしは挽ひいて小麦粉こむぎことして用もちいられる。世界せかいで最もっとも生産量せいさんりょうの多おおい穀物こくもつであり、トウモロコシ、米べいと並ならんで三さん大だい穀物こくもつに挙あげられる。
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