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...

com. June 19, 2015. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. 日本酒の精米歩合について詳しく解説 精米歩合が高い=良いお米？ (in Japanese). Nihonshu Lab. September 18, 2020. Archived...

only yield 0.91 koku of milled rice (white rice) after processing (seimai (精米)), i.e., removing the rice bran). Apparently 1.8 koku (1 koku and 8 to) was...

responsible for the yeast starter, a term derived from sumō Seimai 精米 Rice polishing Seimai-buai 精米歩合 The rice polishing ratio, the percentage of weight remaining...