(husked grains of) rice;  staple (product, etc.);  necessity
 (United States of) America;  USA
 new rice;  first rice crop of the year;  novice;  beginner;  newcomer
 (United States of) America;  USA;  US
 Europe and America;  the West
 polished rice;  (uncooked) white rice
 Japan and the United States;  Japanese-American
 all-America;  pan-American;  all of America
 88 years old; (arch.)  rice
 unpolished rice;  unmilled rice;  brown rice
 going to the United States
 Europeans and Americans;  Westerners
 American soldier;  US serviceman;  US servicewoman
 (United States of) America;  United States;  US;  America (land mass);  the Americas
 square metre;  square meter
 America and China;  Sino-American
 Central and South America
 the various countries of Europe and America;  the West
 rice polishing;  polished rice
 United States and North Korea;  American-North Korean
 cooked rice;  something one never grows tired of
 America and Britain;  American-British
 metre;  meter;  meter;  gauge
 President of the United States of America;  US President
 rice cultivation;  rice farming
 rice-based or centered diet (centred)
 relating to the USA;  toward America;  with America
 sake made without added alcohol or sugar
 relationship between Japan and the United States;  Japanese-American relations
 United States and South Korea;  American-Korean
 US Open (esp. tennis and golf championships)
 Japan, the United States and South Korea
 stationed in the United States;  resident in the United States
 pre-washed rice;  wash-free rice;  musenmai
 visit to the United States
 sake made without added alcohol or sugar
 old rice;  rice remaining from the previous year's harvest
 rice fragments;  broken rice;  crushed rice
 United States and Russia;  US-Russian;  Russian-American;  Russo-American
 rice that has browned (due to age);  variety of low-quality foreign rice;  red rice (ancient variety of rice);  red-kerneled rice
 stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions);  reserved rice
 unpolished rice;  unmilled rice;  brown rice;  black rice
 American position;  American side;  American representatives;  American delegation
 Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854);  Convention of Kanagawa;  Kanagawa Treaty;  unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
 metre;  meter;  meter;  gauge
 The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858);  Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty
 Western brute (esp. American and British);  Western savage
 number one in all of America;  best in all of America
 being in the United States;  staying in the United States;  residing in the United States
 rice given in charity;  donating rice
 konpeitō;  small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
 Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
 germinated brown rice;  sprouted brown rice
 US troops stationed in (South) Korean
 Chinese rice;  foreign rice
 Spanish-American War (1898)
 America (land mass);  the Americas
 komejirushi;  Japanese punctuation mark similar in usage to an asterisk
 rice miso;  miso fermented with malted rice
 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
 British and American literature
 ancient rice varieties;  wild rice
 rice huller;  rice polishing machine;  rice pearling machine;  rice sweeper;  rice mill
 Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)
 rice and salt;  the necessities of life
 washed rice;  rinsed rice;  washing rice;  offering of consecrated washed rice
 crushed rice;  tiny pieces of rice
 steamed bread made with unpolished rice flour
 cooked and dry packed rice;  processed quick-cooking rice
 America and France;  American-French
 trade between Japan and USA
 polished rice;  white rice;  husking rice with a mortar and pestle
 ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)
 parched rice;  roasted rice
 shift away from rice consumption;  consumers losing interest in eating rice
 United States and Russia;  US-Russian;  Russian-American;  Russo-American
 America and Germany;  American-German
 returning to the United States;  kibei;  Japanese-American children (nisei) born prior to WWII who were sent to Japan for schooling before returning to America
 dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy);  sending to the United States
 American currency;  US dollar
 normal rice (as opposed to mochi rice);  non-sticky rice
 polished rice;  uncooked white rice
 relations with America;  relationship with America
 kumeuta;  variety of ancient ballad
 domestically produced rice
 cooked and dry packed rice (modern version of hoshii rice);  processed quick-cooking rice
 ginjō sake with no added alcohol
 Japanese living in America
 crushed rice;  tiny pieces of rice
 common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
 American newspaper;  American press
 American of Japanese descent
 kome hyappyō;  (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; (lit.) hundred sacks of rice
 spoiled rice;  spoilt rice
 trade with the United States
 American (and-or Canadian) wood
 rice and money;  money to purchase rice
 staying or residing in the United States
 Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
 National Science Foundation (USA);  NSF
 germ rice;  half-milled rice;  semi-polished rice;  rice with the germ;  rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ;  milled rice with embryo buds
 rice miso;  miso fermented with malted rice
 dried young anchovies (or sardines)
 staple product of an industry;  core product
 US federal (agency, etc.)
 rice from an early harvest;  early rice
 government-controlled rice
 rice contaminated by an accident
 USA, Britain, France and the Netherlands
 American journal;  American magazine
 rice bought and sold on a rice exchange;  rice used to produce unrefined sake;  rice paid as rent
 Japan, the United States, China and South Korea
 parched rice;  roasted rice
 South Korea and the United States;  Korean-American
 American banks;  American bank;  American banking sector
 unpolished rice;  unmilled rice;  brown rice;  black rice
 rice delivered to the government
 South American hemorrhagic fevers
 Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea);  click beetle;  skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae);  obsequious person
 dried young anchovies (or sardines)
 rice fragments;  broken rice;  crushed rice
 rice vermicelli;  rice noodles
 Round Table Conference on Rice Price
 click beetle;  skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
 click beetle;  skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
 cooked and dry packed rice;  processed quick-cooking rice
 parched rice;  roasted rice
 parched rice;  roasted rice
 cooked and dry packed rice (modern version of hoshii rice);  processed quick-cooking rice
 eyebright (Euphrasia sp.)
 American English colloquialism;  American slang
 rice bought and sold on a rice exchange;  rice used to produce unrefined sake;  rice paid as rent
 (farmers') rice deliveries
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration;  NASA
 Eastern Standard Time (US)
 Federal Aviation Administration;  FAA
 American Indian;  native American
 dispatching to the US;  despatching to the US
 Rice Price Deliberative Council
 grain thief;  tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
 grain thief;  tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
 grain thief;  tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
 grain thief;  tool for extracting rice from a bag for sampling
 rice not subject to government controls
 offering of consecrated rice
 Rice Price Deliberative Council
 Structural Impediments Initiative talks;  SII
 American depositary receipt;  ADR
 red cedar (thuja plicata)
 alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe
 Department of Homeland Security;  DHS
 kanji "rice" radical at left
 kanji "topped rice" radical (radical 165)
 longevity celebration for one's 88th year
 National Information Infrastructure;  NII
 Odontophoridae (New World quail family of birds)
 U.S. Federal Reserve Board
 aromatic rice;  fragrant rice
 unpolished rice powder;  brown rice flour
 rice for sake brewing;  brewers' rice
 1995 Okinawa rape incident;  kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
 imported rice;  foreign rice
 USS Cole bombing (October 12, 2000)
 United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972);  USCAR
 United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
 United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
 United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972);  USCAR
 germinated rice;  sprouted rice
 rice from a late harvest;  late rice
 arborio rice (Italian variety)
 salary in rice;  rice given as official pay
 sushi rice;  rice used for sushi
 sushi rice;  rice used for sushi
 rice noodle soup (Yunnan cuisine); (lit.) crossing-the-bridge noodles
 Schrader valve;  American valve
 koso genmai;  fermented brown rice
 pointless (academic) degree;  meaningless qualification;  useless license; (lit.) a grain of rice on the sole of the foot (must be removed, but not enough for a meal)
 rice grown with reduced agricultural chemicals
 flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
 bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)
 rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)
 lesser hop trefoil (Trifolium dubium);  suckling clover
 black medic (Medicago lupulina);  black hay;  black nonsuch;  blackweed
 Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus);  Antillian beaked whale;  Gulf Stream beaked whale;  European beaked whale
 Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)