穀類|こくるいkokurui[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. no-adjectivegrains
   ビタミンＥを豊富ほうふに含ふくむ食物しょくもつには、濃こい緑色みどりいろをした菜っ葉なっぱ類るい・豆まめ類るい・ナッツ類るい・全粒ぜんりゅう穀類こくるいがある。↗

   Foods rich in vitamin E include dark-green, leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and whole-grain cereals.

• Synonym穀物こくもつNeutralThe everyday word for grains as food — rice, wheat, beans and the like; more common and less technical than 「穀類」.
• SynonymシリアルNeutralA loanword that usually means breakfast cereal or other processed grain products; 「穀類」 refers to the grain category itself.
• Related禾穀類かこくるいWrittenA written, rarely used term for cereal crops such as rice, wheat and corn, framed as crop classification rather than food.

Use 「穀類」 for grains as a nutritional or classification category, 「穀物」 for grains as everyday food, and 「シリアル」 for breakfast cereal.

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1. イネ科いねか、あるいはマメ科まめかなどの植物しょくぶつで種子しゅしを食用しょくようにするもの。穀物こくもつ。