(もみ)

もみ
noun
unhulled rice; rice in the husk
1. unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy
Rice grains that still have their outer husk on, as harvested from the plant before threshing and hulling.
(もみ)乾燥(かんそう)させる。
We dry the unhulled rice.
収穫(しゅうかく)した(もみ)倉庫(そうこ)保管(ほかん)する。
We store the harvested unhulled rice in the warehouse.
(もみ)から(から)()(のぞ)くと玄米(げんまい)になる。
When you remove the husk from unhulled rice, you get brown rice.

Rice as it comes off the plant, still wrapped in its hard outer husk. After drying, the husk is removed to make 玄米(げんまい) (brown rice), which is then polished into 白米(はくまい) (white rice).

RELATED WORDS:

  • 籾殻(もみがら): rice husk — the outer covering removed from the grain
  • 玄米(げんまい): brown rice — hulled but unpolished
  • (いね): rice plant — the growing plant that produces (もみ)