白米 (はくまい, hakumai) Japanese meaning: polished rice | KotomoraBefore cooking white rice, I soak it in water.
In this region, white rice is the staple food.
Usage patterns
白米を炊くto cook (polished) rice
Every night I cook white rice for dinner.
白米を研ぐto wash/rinse rice before cooking
Please rinse the white rice well before cooking it.
白米〈数〉合a certain number of go (traditional units) of polished rice
I cooked two go of white rice.
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