米こめ離ばなれ
Meanings
Noun
1. shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice
Other readings
Kanji used
Composed of
米こめ
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
Noun
離はなれ
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
Noun
Examples1
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.