玄米 (Gemmai): Unpolished Rice, Unmilled Rice

Meaning

English

unpolished rice
unmilled rice
brown rice

Reading

Kana

げんまい

Romaji

gemmai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 白米,精米 Related Words 発芽,発芽玄米 Rank 15185 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

玄米パン

げんまいぱん

steamed bread made with unpolished rice flour

玄米茶

げんまいちゃ

tea (with roasted rice)

玄米粉

げんまいこ

unpolished rice powder

発芽玄米

はつがげんまい

germinated brown rice

酵素玄米

こうそげんまい

koso genmai

玄人

くろうと

woman in the nightlife business

玄関

げんかん

entrance

玄人気質

くろうとかたぎ

professionalism

玄関先

げんかんさき

entrance

玄関口

げんかんぐち

gateway (to a region, etc.)

派米

はべい

dispatching to the US

保有米

ほゆうまい

holdings

Example Sentences

1

最近は白米より玄米をよく食べる。

さいきんははくまいよりげんまいをよくたべる。

lately, i eat brown rice more often than white rice.