How to say rice in Japanese

JLPTN4
米☆【こめkome・よねyoneobs.・めめmemeobs.】コメKOME

noun:

  • (husked grains of) rice
  • 88 years old ［よね］ - 米 is composed of 八十八

Example Sentences

いつからitsukara日本人nipponjinはha精白米seihakumaiをwo食べるtaberuようになったyouninattaのですnodesuかka？
When did the Japanese start eating polished rice?
消費者shouhishaのno米離れbeibanareやya国際市場kokusaishijou解放kaihouがga原因gen'inとされるtosareru米価beikaのno下落gerakuがga原因gen'inだda。
It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.
庶民shominのnoなりわいnariwaiはha、米komeをwoつくるtsukuruことkotoだったdatta。
The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice.
外米gaimaiはhaぼそぼそbosobosoしていてshiteite、日本人nipponjinのno口kuchiにはniha合わないawanai。
Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn't appeal to the Japanese palate.
おo米屋beiyaさんsanはha、言わずiwazuとto知れたshireta斜陽産業shayousangyou。
Needless to say, dealing in rice is a declining industry.

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