米粒(こめつぶ) こめつぶ noun grain of rice food 1. grain of rice; rice grain A single grain of rice. Also used figuratively as an image of something extremely tiny. 茶碗(ちゃわん)に米粒(こめつぶ)が残(のこ)っている。🔊 There are grains of rice left in the bowl. 米粒(こめつぶ)を一(ひと)つも残(のこ)さず食(た)べなさい。🔊 Eat every last grain of rice. 飛行機(ひこうき)から見(み)ると、人(ひと)が米粒(こめつぶ)のように小(ちい)さく見(み)えた。🔊 From the airplane, the people looked as tiny as grains of rice. Compound of 米(こめ) (uncooked rice) + 粒(つぶ) (grain). Commonly used in the simile 米粒(こめつぶ)のよう (like a grain of rice) to describe something very small.Common collocations米粒(こめつぶ)を残(のこ)す: leave grains of rice (uneaten)米粒(こめつぶ)ほどの大(おお)きさ: the size of a grain of rice米粒(こめつぶ)のように小(ちい)さい: as small as a grain of rice general Added 2026.5.28 11:09 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 28000/28256_kometsubu