noun
pre-washed rice; rinse-free rice; musenmai
A type of rice processed so it can be cooked without the usual rinsing or washing before cooking; common on product labels and in everyday food contexts.
無洗米は研がずに炊けるので便利だ。
Rinse-free rice is convenient because you can cook it without washing it.
最近はいつも無洗米を買っている
Lately I always buy pre-washed rice.
Brown rice; contrasts with 無洗米 as a type or processing state of rice rather than indicating rinse-free preparation.
The usual action of rinsing or washing rice before cooking; 無洗米 is designed so this step is unnecessary.
A transparent compound of 無, 'without,' 洗, 'washing,' and 米, 'rice': rice that does not require washing. This is a component-based explanation of the modern spelling.