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

Meanings

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

Example sentences

消費者しょうひしゃの米離こめばなれや国際市場こくさいしじょう解放かいほうが原因げんいんとされる米価べいかの下落げらくが原因げんいんだ。

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.