白はく米まい

also: しらよね · しろごめ

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Meanings

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Refers to uncooked rice that has been milled to remove the bran, the standard form of rice eaten in Japan.

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Before cooking white rice, I soak it in water.

この地ち域いきでは白はく米まいが主しゅ食しょくです。

In this region, white rice is the staple food.

白はく米まいを炊たくto cook (polished) rice
毎まい晩ばん、白はく米まいを炊たいて夕ゆう食しょくにしています。
Every night I cook white rice for dinner.
白はく米まいを研とぐto wash/rinse rice before cooking
炊たく前まえに白はく米まいをよく研といでください。
Please rinse the white rice well before cooking it.
白はく米まい〈数かず〉合ごうa certain number of go (traditional units) of polished rice
白はく米まい二に合ごうを炊たいた。
I cooked two go of white rice.

精せい米まい
精米 usually refers to the act or product of milling rice, while 白米 specifically names the resulting white, polished grain.

玄げん米まい
白米 is rice that has been milled to remove the bran, while 玄米 keeps the bran layer intact and is unpolished.

無む洗せん米まい
白米 just means ordinary white rice, which still needs to be rinsed before cooking, unlike 無洗米 which is specially processed to skip that step.
籾もみ
籾 is raw, unhulled rice fresh from the field, while 白米 is rice that has been fully milled and polished for eating.

Compound of 白 (white) and 米 (rice), referring to the white appearance of polished rice grains.

Rare alternate reading; may appear in older or poetic contexts.

しらよね

しろごめ