noun
The outer layer of brown rice, removed during polishing; used in cooking (e.g., nukazuke pickles) and as animal feed.
米糠はぬか漬けに使われる。
Rice bran is used for nukazuke pickles.
精米すると米糠ができる。
Rice bran is produced when polishing rice.
ぬか is a more general term for bran, but often refers specifically to rice bran in everyday contexts. 米糠 explicitly means rice bran.
Compound of 米 (こめ, 'rice') and 糠 (ぬか, 'bran').