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Cereal grains Explanation: Glad you asked this question. I always wondering myself. How about this, however? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal Of course Cinefil's info. helped to come up with this. HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-15 12:21:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As you know well Japanese is "plural-singular insensitive" language, but 麦 in this case crearly indicates plural (麦類). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2009-10-16 13:36:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hi Casey, I was not aware Steven's discussion when I posted. Yes he got point there. "Kokurui" is another tough word. Well, I'm glad you got good suggestion from this posting. What is your translation, then? Would you mind sharing it ? |
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Reference: FYR Reference information: ■麦 コムギとオオムギとをまとめて麦とよび、明治以降はその後伝来したライムギやエンバクなどをも麦に含めるようになった。この「麦」という概念は欧米にはなく、麦に相当する英語もない スーパーニッポニカ百科事典(小学館) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10分 (2009-10-15 10:13:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ce・re・al *n. [Upl.] 穀物, 穀類, 禾穀((かこく)) 類; 穀草; 穀物食品, セリアル 《朝食用オートミール・コーンフレークの類》. リーダーズ+プラス |
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