米粒

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The compound 米粒 (こめつぶ) combines rice with small grain and denotes an individual grain of rice.
• Basic usage: It can be counted as 米粒が一つ or refer to a tiny grain picked up from the floor.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• One grain of rice
  • It focuses on individual small grains rather than rice or cooked rice as a mass.