精米

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 精米, read せいまい, denotes the process of polishing rice by removing its outer layers.
• Basic usage: It describes polishing harvested rice at a mill and the aroma of freshly polished rice.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Processing after harvest
  • It is the processing that removes outer layers to produce edible rice, not harvesting the rice plants.