@JPRidgeway @BabelStone As mentioned earlier, Motoori's Kojikiden 古事記伝 actually sometimes has 米 for /me/ -- but his choice of kana is quite unusual (as in: 国学ish, somewhat OJ-like) anyways for its time. Cf. the attached example from the very first page @ https://t.co/oz47Gklgt1: あらめ (阿良米). https://t.co/rdJUt3LcB4