Word Meaning

ぬか nuka

糠 is read as ぬか (nuka) and means rice bran.

Meaning

English

  1. rice bran

Reading

Kana

ぬか

Romaji

nuka

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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ぬかはぬかづけをつくるのにつかわれる。

Rice bran is used to make nukazuke pickles.

そぼはまいあさぬかどこをかきまぜている。

My grandmother stirs the rice bran pickling bed every morning.

このぬかはまだあたらしくてかおりがいい。

This rice bran is still fresh and smells nice.

ぬかをいれすぎるとあじがおもくなる。

If you add too much rice bran, the flavor becomes too heavy.

みせさきでしんせんなぬかがうられていた。

Fresh rice bran was being sold at the front of the shop.

はははぬかでだいこんをつけた。

My mother pickled daikon in rice bran.

ぬかのにおいでだいどころがみたされた。

The kitchen was filled with the smell of rice bran.

かれはぬかをふくろにいれてはこんだ。

He put the rice bran into a bag and carried it away.

ぬかはこめをせいはくするときにでる。

Rice bran is produced when rice is milled or polished.