米穀|べいこくbeikoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounrice

• RelatedライスNeutralLoanword for rice served on a plate, seen mostly on Western menus; 「米穀」 is rice as a commodity in trade and administration.
• Relatedご飯ごはんNeutralCooked rice, and also a meal; 「米穀」 is uncooked rice handled as an agricultural product.
• Related飯めしCasualMasculine colloquial for cooked rice or a meal, also one's livelihood; 「米穀」 is a general term for uncooked grain.
• Related米飯べいはんWrittenWritten word for cooked rice, common in nutrition and school-lunch contexts; 「米穀」 is uncooked rice.
• Related穀類こくるいNeutralCovers grains in general — rice, wheat, beans and more; 「米穀」 centers on rice.
• RelatedおまんまNeutralThe everyday word for cooked rice and for eating in general; 「米穀」 is the administrative term for unprocessed rice grain.
• Related禾穀かこくWrittenWritten, academic term for grains, especially the rice plant; not used in everyday speech.
• Related穀粒こくりゅうWrittenRefers to individual grains or kernels, focusing on each grain; a technical written term.
• Related米麦べいばくWrittenWritten term for rice and barley together as the staple grains; 「米穀」 means rice, or grains that include rice.
• Related禾穀類かこくるいWrittenAgronomy term for cereal crops such as rice, wheat and corn; 「米穀」 is used in rice trade and administration.

Use 「米穀」 for rice as a commodity in distribution, statistics and administration, as in 「米穀店」. For cooked rice say 「ご飯」 — 「ライス」 with Western food, 「飯」 casually, 「米飯」 in writing. For grains in general use 「穀類」; the remaining written terms are specialist.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 米べい。
2. 米べいを含ふくめ穀類こくるいの総称そうしょう。