► 名詞
米 [(2)こめ] meaning: rice rank: 1
☆ 殆どの日本の家庭は毎日お米を炊く ⇨ Most Japanese homes cook rice every day (☛ お米 is often used in conversation)
More examples:
- 米国大統領は軍隊を総轄している ⇨ The US president governs the entire military
 - 米国は軍事力で他の国に優位に立っている ⇨ US has superiority in the military power over other countries
 - 欧米の文化はアジアの文化とかなり違う ⇨ European and American, western, culture is quite different from Asian culture
 - 日本の防衛は米国が頼みの綱だ ⇨ The defense of Japan is dependent of the US
 - 米英首脳会談 ⇨ A US-UK top meeting
 - 取締役会は米国市場からの撤退を票決した ⇨ The board voted to withdraw from the US market
 - タイ産の米 ⇨ Rice harvested in Thailand
 - 米国市場向けの製品 ⇨ Products intended for US market
 - 米は炊けた後暫く蒸らしたほうがいい ⇨ When rice is cooked you should let it sit and steam for a while
 - 世界最強の国家、即ち米国 ⇨ The most powerful country in the world, namely the US
 - 米国で人種差別問題が再び頭をもたげた ⇨ Racism has reared its ugly head again in US
 - 米国の中東戦略 ⇨ The Middle East strategy of US
 - 欧米では男らしい男は女が好きなので、日本の硬派と軟派という概念は理解されない ⇨ In the west manly men like women, so the ideas of Japanese “hard men” and “soft men” will never be understood
 - 日本から米国に荷物を船便で送ると一ヶ月くらい掛かる (ふなびん) ⇨ It takes about a month when you send packages from Japan to the US by ship
 - 北米の多くは英語圏だ ⇨ Most of the North America is English-speaking areas