bowl of rice; single serving of rice
General term for one bowl or serving of rice, often used in everyday contexts.
A bowl of rice and miso soup is enough for breakfast.
bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased
Specifically refers to a bowl of rice offered to the dead in a funeral or wake setting, placed near the head of the deceased.
At the wake, a bowl of rice was placed by the pillow of the deceased.