begins as brown rice, genmai (玄米), which may then be polished by a machine (精米機 seimaiki), in which case it is sold as ready-polished or white rice, hakumai...

fruitier sake, whereas a higher percentage will taste more like rice. Seimaiki 精米機 Rice huller; rice polishing machine Seishu 清酒 Lit. "clear liquor", the legal...