米英

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
べい
Grade: 2
えい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From rice, which is the second character in and often serves as an abbreviation for 亜米利加 America/American (compare 米国 and 米国人) + Britain/British (compare 英語, 英国, and 英和).

Noun[edit]

(べい)(えい) (beiei

  1. America and Britain
  2. American-British
  3. (obsolete) Americans and Britons