米離れ

こめばなれ · also コメばなれ

shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

Also written コメ離れ

Meaning

n
shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

Example sentences

消費者の米離れや国際市場解放が原因とされる米価の下落が原因だ。

It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.