中なか手て

noun

mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables

Agricultural term for crops harvested in the middle of the growing season, especially rice and vegetables.

• 今年ことしは中なか手ての米こめの出で来きがいい。

  This year's mid-season rice crop is good.

• 中なか手ての野や菜さいはちょうど今いまが収しゅう穫かく時じ期きだ。

  Mid-season vegetables are just now ready for harvest.

noun

metacarpus

Only when written 中手

Anatomical term for the middle part of the hand, between the wrist and fingers. Restricted to the 中手 spelling.

• 中ちゅう手しゅ骨こつは手てのひらの中ちゅう央おうにある骨ほねだ。

  The metacarpal bones are the bones in the middle of the palm.