rice-planting machine; rice transplanter
Agricultural machinery used to transplant rice seedlings into paddy fields.
This rice transplanter can plant seedlings in a wide paddy field in a single day.
The farmer introduced a new rice-planting machine and improved work efficiency.
Standard kanji spelling for a rice-planting machine.
Variant with okurigana; also seen in agricultural contexts.
Compound of 田植え (taue, 'rice planting') and 機 (ki, 'machine').