粒りゅう食しょく

noun

eating rice; cereal grains

Rare, literary term for eating rice or for grains themselves. Modern Japanese would normally use 米食 (べいしょく) for eating rice or 穀物 (こくもつ) for grains.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「粒りゅう食しょく」が穀こく物もつを指さすことがある。

  In old documents, 粒食 can refer to cereal grains.