物もっ相そう

noun

cylindrical rice-measuring box

Traditional wooden box used to measure a fixed amount of rice, often in institutional or historical settings.

• 昔むかしの刑けい務む所しょでは、物もっ相そうで米こめの量りょうを計はかっていた。

  In old prisons, they measured rice portions with a 物相 box.

noun

rice mold; rice-shaping form

A mold or form used to shape cooked rice into a compact cylinder or block, often for serving or packing.

• 物もっ相そうを使つかってご飯はんをきれいな形かたちに整ととのえる。

  Use a 物相 mold to shape the rice neatly.

noun

single serving of rice (prison food)

Abbreviation of 物相飯; refers to a portion of rice served in prisons, often shaped with the mold. Strongly associated with prison slang.

See also: 物相飯

• 囚しゅう人じんたちは毎まい日にち同おなじ物もっ相そうを食たべさせられた。

  The prisoners were made to eat the same 物相 rice every day.