Husked grain of rice (uncooked rice); the cereal grain before being cooked into rice.
今日のお米は新米で香りがいい。
Today's rice is new harvest rice and smells fragrant.
米を洗ってから炊飯器に入れてください。
Wash the rice before putting it in the rice cooker.
この地域では米を多く作っている。
This region produces a lot of rice.
A staple product or necessity; used figuratively to refer to a primary product or essential commodity.
この村の米作りは地域の経済の基盤だ。
Rice cultivation in this village is the foundation of the local economy.
彼にとって音楽が生活の米に当たる。
For him, music is like a staple of life (what sustains him).
Internet slang for 'comment' (on posts); often written as 'コメ' and used to mean an online comment.
この記事に米しておいたよ、いい意見が多かった。
I left a comment on this article; there were many good opinions.
動画のコメ欄に米がたくさん付いている。
The video's comment section has a lot of comments.