noun
sake-brewing rice; brewers' rice
Rice specifically cultivated and processed for sake production, often with larger grains and higher starch content than table rice.
酒造米は食用米より粒が大きい。
Sake-brewing rice has larger grains than table rice.
この地域では酒造米の栽培が盛んだ。
Cultivation of sake-brewing rice is thriving in this region.
A more general term for sake rice; 酒造米 is a formal, industry term.
Compound of 酒造 (sake brewing) and 米 (rice).