Raisu
Raisu, written in katakana as ライス, is the Japanese loanword for rice and is commonly used to refer to polished white rice prepared for eating. In Japanese, kome (米) denotes rice grain in general, while gohan (ご飯) refers to cooked rice or a meal. Raizu is used in everyday speech, menus, and packaging to indicate the cooked grain as a staple dish, particularly the white rice that forms the base of many meals.
Rice is grown as Oryza sativa in flooded paddy fields to control weeds and pests. After harvest,
There are two major subspecies of cultivated rice: japonica (short- to medium-grain, common in East Asia) and
Cooked rice is typically prepared by steaming or boiling and served as a staple alongside vegetables, meat,