酒しゅ造ぞう米まい

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.

• 酒しゅ造ぞう米まいは食しょく用よう米まいより粒つぶが大おおきい。

  Sake-brewing rice has larger grains than table rice.

• この地ち域いきでは酒しゅ造ぞう米まいの栽さい培ばいが盛さかんだ。

  Cultivation of sake-brewing rice is thriving in this region.