Meaning of 外米(がいまい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 外米

Kana Reading がいまい

Romaji gaimai

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

foreign rice

Examples of 外米, がいまい in a sentence

外米はぼそぼそしていて、日本人の口には合わない。

Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn't appeal to the Japanese palate.

Related Kanji

外 JLPT 5

5 strokes

outside

On'Yomi: ガイ, ゲ

Kun'Yomi: そと, ほか, はず.す, はず.れる, と-

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米 JLPT 3

6 strokes

rice, USA, metre

On'Yomi: ベイ, マイ, メエトル

Kun'Yomi: こめ, よね

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