精せい米まい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

rice polishing; polished rice

Refers both to the process of polishing brown rice into white rice and to the resulting polished rice itself. Common in food and agricultural contexts.

• 精せい米まいしたてのご飯はんは香かおりがいい。

  Freshly polished rice has a nice aroma.

• この精せい米まい所じょでは玄げん米まいを精せい米まいして白はく米まいにしている。

  At this rice-polishing facility, they polish brown rice into white rice.