grain of boiled rice
Refers to a single grain of cooked rice. Often used when talking about rice left on a bowl or chopsticks.
See also: ご飯粒
There is a grain of rice stuck to the bowl.
口の横に飯粒が付いてるよ。
You have a grain of rice on the side of your mouth.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 飯 (meshi, 'cooked rice') and 粒 (tsubu, 'grain').