Translation guide
The outer layer of the rice grain, removed during polishing. In Japanese cooking, it is used for pickling (nukazuke) and as a healthy ingredient.
The most common, everyday word for rice bran as a food ingredient or byproduct of rice milling.
The standard term for rice bran. Used in cooking, health food, and agriculture.
Rice bran is rich in nutrients.
I make rice bran pickles with rice bran.
Short for 米ぬか. Very common in everyday speech, especially in the context of pickling (ぬか漬け).
I stir the rice bran bed every day.
Specifically the fermented rice bran paste used for making Japanese pickles.
rice bran pickles · nukazuke · pickling bed
When referring to rice bran consumed for its nutritional benefits, often in powdered form.
The oil extracted from rice bran, used for cooking.
Rice bran (米ぬか) is the outer layer of brown rice. Rice flour (米粉, こめこ) is made from ground white rice. They are completely different ingredients.
ぬか漬けはご飯に合います。
Rice bran pickles go well with rice.
Rice bran contains a lot of dietary fiber.