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搗精 (とうせい, tousei) Japanese meaning: rice polishing | Kotomora

搗とう精せい

Meanings

1

rice polishing; rice milling

Technical term for removing the outer bran layer from brown rice to produce white rice. Used in agriculture and food processing contexts.

搗とう精せいの工こう程ていで、玄げん米まいから白はく米まいが作つくられる。
In the rice-polishing process, white rice is produced from brown rice.

Kanji

搗pound, husk
精refined, ghost, fairy

Related words

精せい米まい
精米 is the more common everyday term for polished rice or the act of polishing rice. 搗精 is a technical synonym used mainly in industrial or agricultural contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 搗 (とう, 'to pound, hull') and 精 (せい, 'refine, polish'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji directly reflect the meaning of pounding and refining rice.