玄米

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 玄米 is read as げんまい and is a noun for brown rice, contrasted with 白米 and also treated as a locally grown product.
• Basic usage: It is used when mixing brown rice with white rice for cooking or selling it by weight.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Contrast
  • 白米に玄米を混ぜる clearly treats white rice and brown rice as different rice types.
• Sales pattern
  • 玄米を量り売りする means selling the rice by measured weight rather than only in fixed packages.