米

Meaning

米 centers on rice as a staple grain. The meanings 'USA' and 'metre' are phonetic borrowings used in ateji compounds, not extensions of the rice idea.

• 米こめ
  N4

  (husked grains of) rice

• 米べい

  (United States of) America; USA

• 米国べいこく

  (United States of) America; USA; US

• 欧米おうべい
  N3

  Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West

• 全米ぜんべい

  all-America; pan-American; all of America

• 北米ほくべい

  North America

• 南米なんべい
  N2

  South America

• 新米しんまい
  N1

  new rice; first rice crop of the year

• 白米はくまい

  polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

• 玄米げんまい

  unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice

• 米倉こめぐら

  rice granary

• 中南米ちゅうなんべい
  N3

  Central and South America

• 精米せいまい

  rice polishing; polished rice

• 反米はんべい

  anti-American

• 訪米ほうべい

  visit to the United States

• 在米ざいべい

  staying in the United States; residing in the United States; being situated in the United States (of a foreign embassy, company, etc.)

• 米飯べいはん

  cooked rice

• 米人べいじん

  American (person)

• 米穀べいこく

  rice

• 米価べいか
  N1

  rice price

• 日米にちべい
  N1

  Japan and the United States; Japanese-American

• 対米たいべい

  relating to the USA; toward America; with America

• 外米がいまい

  foreign rice

• 米粒こめつぶ

  grain of rice

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