a female given name / a surname

rice / (ateji) meter / (ateji) America / (ateji) United States

rice (husked grains of the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa), one of the five grains

non-glutinous (ordinary) rice

material or objects used to fill in gaps or cracks, or to pad / (typography) an interglyph or interline space, or a physical object used to make such space

Compounds

better (comparative of the adjectives good or well)

good

(colloquial, informal) good / (colloquial, predicative only) enough; not wanted any more.

easy