玄米(げんまい)

げんまい
noun
brown rice
1. brown rice
Unpolished rice with the bran layer intact, more nutritious than white rice but with a chewier texture and nuttier flavor.
玄米(げんまい)を食(た)べる。
To eat brown rice.
玄米(げんまい)ご飯(はん)を炊(た)く。
To cook brown rice.
健康(けんこう)のために玄米(げんまい)を食(た)べている。
I eat brown rice for my health.
玄米(げんまい)は白米(はくまい)より栄養(えいよう)が豊富(ほうふ)だ。
Brown rice is more nutritious than white rice.
最近(さいきん)は白米(はくまい)に玄米(げんまい)を混(ま)ぜて炊(た)く人(ひと)が増(ふ)えている。
Recently, more people are cooking white rice mixed with brown rice.

USAGE:
玄米(げんまい) is rice that has only had its husk removed, retaining the bran (糠(ぬか)) and germ. It requires longer cooking time and more water than white rice.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 玄米(げんまい)ご飯(はん) (cooked brown rice)
  • 玄米(げんまい)を炊(た)く (cook brown rice)
  • 玄米(げんまい)食(しょく) (brown rice diet)

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Related: 白米(はくまい) (white rice)
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Added 2026.1.17 12:13 · Revised 2026.6.13 6:50
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