こめ

Uncooked rice, rice grains

N4noun·kome

How to remember it

The kanji 米 depicts a single rice grain atop a stalk — rice on the plant.

Example sentences

  • 米を研いでから炊きます。

    こめをといでからたきます。

    I wash the rice and then cook it.

  • 今年は米が豊作でした。

    ことしはこめがほうさくでした。

    This year the rice harvest was abundant.

Usage

Refers only to uncooked rice; cooked rice is ご飯.

Related words

ご飯炊く米粉

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