Keyword
rice
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig987
Readings
べい
(34%)
こめ
(30%)
めめ
(16%)
まい
(11%)
よね
(3%)
ごめ
(3%)
Composed of
horns
tree
Mnemonic

A pair of horns growing out of a tree.... wait, those are not horns, those are grains of rice!

Used in kanji (74 in total)
come
number
be cut off
spirit (of life)
Used in vocabulary (335 in total)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(United States of) America; USA
(husked grains of) rice
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
(United States of) America; USA; US
Europe and America; the West
US armed forces
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
South America
grain of rice
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
all-America; pan-American; all of America
North America
88 years old; (arch.) rice
rice shop; rice dealer
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
going to the United States
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Britain-America
square metre; square meter
glutinous rice
America and China; Sino-American
rice granary
Central and South America
the various countries of Europe and America; the West
wholesale rice dealer
rice polishing; polished rice
American-Soviet
United States and North Korea; American-North Korean
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
rice flour
Central America
uncooked rice
America and Britain; American-British
metre; meter; meter; gauge
US military aircraft
rice granary
President of the United States of America; US President
rice price
American person
rice cultivation; rice farming
glutinous rice
North American continent
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
annual rice tax
relating to the USA; toward America; with America
tea (with roasted rice)
sake made without added alcohol or sugar
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
anti-American
South American continent
United States and South Korea; American-Korean
cooked rice
US Open (esp. tennis and golf championships)
glutinous rice
stipend in rice
Japan, the United States and South Korea
rice bran
rice (as provisions)
rice bin; breadwinner
88th birthday
rice bin; breadwinner
US dollar
stationed in the United States; resident in the United States
pre-washed rice; wash-free rice; musenmai
pro-American
visit to the United States
sake made without added alcohol or sugar
old rice; rice remaining from the previous year's harvest
U.S. government
rice vinegar
(husked grains of) rice
rice fragments; broken rice; crushed rice
United States and Russia; US-Russian; Russian-American; Russo-American
kōji; malted rice
rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice
stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
rice and barley; corn
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
stored rice
American position; American side; American representatives; American delegation
Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
metre; meter; meter; gauge
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
Western brute (esp. American and British); Western savage
number one in all of America; best in all of America
rice(-cleaning) mill
US imperialism
being in the United States; staying in the United States; residing in the United States
rice given in charity; donating rice
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
rice-producing region
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
germinated brown rice; sprouted brown rice
US troops stationed in (South) Korean
black-market rice
Chinese rice; foreign rice
Spanish-American War (1898)
America (land mass); the Americas
komejirushi; Japanese punctuation mark similar in usage to an asterisk
rice miso; miso fermented with malted rice
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
British and American literature
America; American; fist
first-class rice
ancient rice varieties; wild rice
rice polishing
rice huller; rice polishing machine; rice pearling machine; rice sweeper; rice mill
Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)
rice and salt; the necessities of life
American (citizen)
washed rice; rinsed rice; washing rice; offering of consecrated washed rice
rice-producing region
brand-name rice
crushed rice; tiny pieces of rice
Englishmen and Americans
steamed bread made with unpolished rice flour
Pan-American
cooked and dry packed rice; processed quick-cooking rice
brewer's rice
America and France; American-French
trade between Japan and USA
rice cracker
polished rice; white rice; husking rice with a mortar and pestle
ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)
foreign rice
parched rice; roasted rice
the rice market
shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice
United States and Russia; US-Russian; Russian-American; Russo-American
America and Germany; American-German
returning to the United States; kibei; Japanese-American children (nisei) born prior to WWII who were sent to Japan for schooling before returning to America
dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy); sending to the United States
American currency; US dollar
conserving rice
normal rice (as opposed to mochi rice); non-sticky rice
polished rice; uncooked white rice
relations with America; relationship with America
kumeuta; variety of ancient ballad
American English
rice production
domestically produced rice
Japan-America-Australia
cooked and dry packed rice (modern version of hoshii rice); processed quick-cooking rice
ginjō sake with no added alcohol
Japanese living in America
rice produced
American style
crushed rice; tiny pieces of rice
common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
American newspaper; American press
American of Japanese descent
rice tax (Edo period)
kome hyappyō; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; (lit.) hundred sacks of rice
spoiled rice; spoilt rice
trade with the United States
kōji; malted rice
rice paid as rent
American (and-or Canadian) wood
rice and money; money to purchase rice
staying or residing in the United States
commission; excise tax
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Anglo-American law
National Science Foundation (USA); NSF
germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds
rice miso; miso fermented with malted rice
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
staple product of an industry; core product
US federal (agency, etc.)
rice from an early harvest; early rice
government-controlled rice
rice contaminated by an accident
USA, Britain, France and the Netherlands
American journal; American magazine
Americanization
rice bought and sold on a rice exchange; rice used to produce unrefined sake; rice paid as rent
Japan, the United States, China and South Korea
parched rice; roasted rice
South Korea and the United States; Korean-American
rice crop or harvest
pro-American
rice stocks
American banks; American bank; American banking sector
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
rice-bran oil
rice delivered to the government
South American hemorrhagic fevers
roasted or parched rice
kilometer; kilometre
extra rice ration
Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea); click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae); obsequious person
rice offered to a god
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
rice fragments; broken rice; crushed rice
rice vermicelli; rice noodles
Round Table Conference on Rice Price
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
cooked and dry packed rice; processed quick-cooking rice
parched rice; roasted rice
parched rice; roasted rice
Japan-America-Australia
cooked and dry packed rice (modern version of hoshii rice); processed quick-cooking rice
eyebright (Euphrasia sp.)
short ton
American English colloquialism; American slang
rice stocks
rice stocks
rice bought and sold on a rice exchange; rice used to produce unrefined sake; rice paid as rent
(farmers') rice deliveries
half-polished rice
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
Eastern Standard Time (US)
American spoken English
American Indian; native American
dispatching to the US; despatching to the US
Rice Price Deliberative Council
grain thief; tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
grain thief; tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
grain thief; tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
grain thief; tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
rice-producing region
American cotton
rice not subject to government controls
locally-produced rice
offering of consecrated rice
arriving in America
Rice Price Deliberative Council
intervention of America
paper weight in gsm
Structural Impediments Initiative talks; SII
red cedar (thuja plicata)
alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe
kanji "rice" radical at left
kanji "topped rice" radical (radical 165)
longevity celebration for one's 88th year
Odontophoridae (New World quail family of birds)
aromatic rice; fragrant rice
unpolished rice powder; brown rice flour
rice for sake brewing; brewers' rice
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
US stocks; U.S. stocks
imported rice; foreign rice
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
germinated rice; sprouted rice
rice from a late harvest; late rice
Jasmine rice
arborio rice (Italian variety)
salary in rice; rice given as official pay
sushi rice; rice used for sushi
sushi rice; rice used for sushi
rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
Schrader valve; American valve
polished rice
polished rice
Latin America
koso genmai; fermented brown rice
pointless (academic) degree; meaningless qualification; useless license; (lit.) a grain of rice on the sole of the foot (must be removed, but not enough for a meal)
rice grown with reduced agricultural chemicals
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)
rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)
lesser hop trefoil (Trifolium dubium); suckling clover
black medic (Medicago lupulina); black hay; black nonsuch; blackweed
Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus); Antillian beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale; European beaked whale
Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)
Examples (113 in total)
Do you eat rice in your country?
The Japanese eat rice at least once a day.
The Japanese live mainly on rice.