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米離れ

コメ離れ

Readings

Kana: こめばなれ、コメばなれ
Romaji: komebanare, komebanare
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

Kanji

Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: リ、 はな.れる、 はな.す
Meanings: detach, separation, disjoin, digress

Example Sentence

消費者(しょうひしゃ)米離(べいばな)れや国際(こくさい)市場(しじょう)解放(かいほう)原因(げんいん)とされる米価(べいか)下落(げらく)原因(げんいん)だ。
➥It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.
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