noun
crushed rice; broken rice grains
Refers to rice that has been crushed or broken into small pieces, often used in cooking or as a byproduct of milling.
粉米を使ってお粥を作った。
I made rice porridge using crushed rice.
精米の過程で粉米ができる。
Broken rice grains are produced during the rice-polishing process.
Compound of 粉 (ko, 'powder/flour') and 米 (kome, 'rice'), with rendaku voicing of kome to gome. The alternate spelling 小米 uses 小 (ko, 'small') with the same reading.