English Dictionary

rice-eater

名詞

軽蔑的 民族名 攻撃的 俗語 差別語

One whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain. / (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person who is Asian or of Asian descent.

日本語の意味

ご飯を主食とする人、つまり米を中心とした食生活を送る人。 / （スラングとして、侮蔑表現で）アジア系の人、またはアジア出身の人を指す

As a child, my grandmother jokingly called me a rice-eater because I always refused bread and reached for a bowl of rice instead.

子供の頃、祖母はいつもパンを断って代わりに茶碗のご飯を選ぶ私を冗談半分に米を主食にする人と呼んだ。

意味（1）

One whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain.

The beneficial effects alleged to result from the addition of vitamin B₁ to the diet of the rice-eater suffering from beri-beri are not necessarily due so much to the low level of this vitamin in the diet, but rather to the enhanced value of this vitamin by virtue of the peculiar combination...

意味（2）

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person who is Asian or of Asian descent.

He's won his last battle. He failed to win the Korean War. He couldn't win it. He had to sign a truce. That's a loss. Any time Uncle Sam, with all his machinery for warfare, is held to a draw by some rice-eaters, he's lost the battle.

rice-eaters （ plural ）