Illustration: In a compact home kitchen, an adult scoops polished uncooked rice from an open storage bin into a measuring cup. Several grains spill across the dark wooden counter, making their smooth white surfaces easy to see.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

白はく米まい

hakumai

white rice

Example sentences

  1. 白米はくまいと玄米げんまい、どっちが好すき？

    Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. それに比くらべ、白米はくまいを炊たいた飯めしは消化しょうかも食感しょくかんも良よく旨うまい。

    In contrast, cooked white rice is good for the digestion, has a better texture, and is considered more delicious.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 精米せいまいして白米はくまいと米糠こめぬかに分わけ、それぞれ販売はんばいされ利用りようされてきた。

    Rice is overwhelmingly polished and divided into white rice and rice bran, and sold and used respectively.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 白米

  • 白whiteOnハク・ビャクKunしろ・しら-・しろい
  • 米rice; USAOnベイ・マイ・メエトルKunこめ・よね

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