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    3. 白水

    白水

    白しろ水みず

    color of water after washing rice (colour)

    KMT8News #26+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab9 strokes

    しろみず

    Noun

    1.
    color of water after washing rice (colour)

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    お米こめを研とぐと白しろ水みずが出でます。

    When you wash rice, white water comes out.

    KMT3Food & Dining
    炊すい飯はん器きに米こめと白しろ水みずを入いれます。

    Put rice and the white water (from washing rice) into the rice cooker.

    KMT8Food & DiningDaily Life
    白しろ水みずは、米こめの栄えい養よう分ぶんを含ふくんでいるため、植しょく物ぶつの水みずやりにも使つかえます。

    Because rice water contains nutrients from rice, it can also be used for watering plants.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentFood & Dining
    白しろ水みずは捨すてずに、料りょう理りに活かつ用ようすることもできます。

    Without discarding the rice water, you can also utilize it in cooking.

    KMT8Food & DiningDaily Life
    昔むかしは白しろ水みずで顔かおを洗あらうと肌はだが白しろくなると言いわれていました。

    In the past, it was said that washing your face with rice water would whiten your skin.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    白
    しろ・しら-・しろ.い…(5)
    white
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
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