米|こめkome[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. noun(husked grains of) rice
   わが国くにの主おもな農産のうさん物ものは米こめである。↗

   The chief crop of our country is rice.
2. nounstaple (product, etc.); necessity
3. noun(online) comment

• Synonym米穀べいこくWrittenA formal, broader term covering rice and grains generally, used in trade and legal contexts, as in 「米穀店」; more formal than 「米」.
• Relatedご飯ごはんNeutralCooked rice, and by extension a meal itself, as in 「ご飯を炊く」. 「米」 is the raw grain before it is cooked.
• Related飯めしCasualMasculine colloquial speech for cooked rice or a meal, as in 「飯を食う」; rougher and more casual than 「ご飯」.
• RelatedライスNeutralLoanword for rice, usually cooked and served on a plate, as in 「カレーライス」 and 「ライス大盛り」.
• Related米飯べいはんWrittenWritten term for cooked rice, common in nutrition and statistics writing; in everyday speech people say 「ご飯」.

Use 「米」 for raw, uncooked rice. Cooked rice or a meal is 「ご飯」; 「飯」 is its rough, masculine spoken counterpart, 「ライス」 rice served on a plate, and 「米飯」「米穀」 appear in written or formal contexts.

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1. （こめ）稲いねの種子しゅしから、籾もみの部分ぶぶんを取り除とりのぞいたもの。日本人にほんじんの主食しゅしょく。