搗精

とうせい

rice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)

搗く

つく

to hull (rice, barley, etc.), to pound (rice), to polish (rice), to stamp (ore)

搗布

かじめ カジメ

Ecklonia cava (species of brown alga)

持ち合う

もちあう

to balance, to counterpoise

打ち合う

うちあう

to fight, to exchange blows, to rally

落ち合う

おちあう

to meet, to gather, to rendezvous

立ち合う

たちあう

to be matched against (in a sports contest)

かち合う

かちあう

to clash; to collide; to conflict; to coincide

撃ち合う

うちあう

to exchange gunfire, to exchange shots

米搗き

こめつき

rice polishing

搗き臼

つきうす

mortar (for pounding rice)

麦搗き

むぎつき

polishing wheat

三分搗

さんぶつき

30% polished rice

半搗き

はんつき

light-brown rice, half-polished rice, partially polishing rice

搗鉱機

とうこうき

stamp mill; stamping mill; stamp battery

餅搗き

もちつき

pounding mochi

臼搗く

うすづく うすつく

to pound (rice, etc.)

米搗虫

こめつきむし ぬかずきむし ぬかつきむし コメツキムシ

click beetle, skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)

搗き米

polished rice