| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 米 | こめ | rice |
| 新米 | しんまい | new rice; new person |
| 白米 | はくまい | polished (white) rice |
| 玄米 | げんまい | brown rice |
| 米国 | べいこく | U.S.A. |
| 中米 | ちゅうべい | Central America |
| 南米 | なんべい | South America |
| 米価 | べいか | price of rice |
| 北米 | ほくべい | North America |
| 北米人 | ほくべいじん | North American (person) |
| 南米人 | なんべいじん | South American (person) |
| 中南米 | ちゅうなんべい | Central and South America |
| 五斗米 | ごとべい | small salary |
| 亜米利加杉 | あめりかすぎ | redwood |
| 全米 | ぜんべい | all-America, pan-American |
| 反米 | はんべい | anti-American |
| 対米 | たいべい | relating to the USA, toward America, with America |
| 年貢米 | ねんぐまい | annual rice tax |
| 日米 | にちべい | Japan-America |
| 欧米諸国 | おうべいしょこく | the various countries of Europe and America |
| 欧米諸言語 | おうべいしょげんご | the languages of Europe and America |
| 玄米茶 | げんまいちゃ | tea (with roasted rice) |
| 米俵 | こめだわら | bag of rice |
| 米倉 | こめぐら | rice granary |
| 米寿 | べいじゅ | 88th birthday |
| 米穀 | べいこく | rice |
| 米粒 | こめつぶ | grain of rice |
| 米英仏蘭 | べいえいぶつらん | USA, Britain, France and the Netherlands |
| 米飯 | べいはん | cooked rice |
| 訪米 | ほうべい | visit to America |