also: らいむぎ
Refers to the cereal plant Secale cereale or its grain. Often used in food contexts such as ライ麦パン (rye bread).
See also: ライ麦 (ライむぎ)
Rye bread has a distinctive flavor.
Rye cultivation is thriving in this region.
Common hybrid spelling using katakana ライ and kanji 麦.
Hiragana spelling; common because the word is usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling; rarely used. The word is usually written in kana or as ライ麦.
Katakana spelling; sometimes used for emphasis or in botanical contexts.
A hybrid of English rye, represented by ライ, and Japanese 麦 “grain; wheat or barley.”