Missing rice - Kanmai

Japanese: 欠米 - かんまい

〘 noun 〙 Additional rice to make up for the loss caused when transporting tax rice or rice sold for trade. In the Edo period, the amount of loss was officially set at three sho per koku. In addition, the compensation rice for the loss of tax rice stored in villages was also called "loss rice." [Unpo Shikiha (1548)] * Gyokujinsho (1563) 25 "When rice was stored for a long time, it was sometimes necessary to leave the dried rice outside the rice tank " [Additional note] There is a theory that this refers to the loss caused by the transportation of tax rice, etc.

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Japanese:

〘名〙年貢米や商い米を輸送する際に生じる欠損米を補充するための付加米。江戸時代、欠米は一石につき三升と公定された。また、村々で保管中の年貢米の減損分に対する弁償米も欠米といった。〔運歩色葉（1548）〕※玉塵抄（1563）二五「米を久うあづかりなどして筭用の時にことの外干米(カンマイ)を立ることあり」[補注]年貢米などの輸送などによって生じた欠損分をいうとする説がある。

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