稭しべ

noun

central stalk of a dried rice plant

Refers specifically to the dried central stem of the rice plant, often used in traditional crafts or as a material. Commonly appears in the compound 藁しべ (わらしべ, 'rice straw stalk').

See also: 藁しべ

• 藁わらしべを使つかって小ちいさなほうきを作つくった。

  I made a small broom using rice straw stalks.

• 昔むかし話ばなしの「藁わらしべ長ちょう者じゃ」では、一いっ本ぽんの藁わらしべから物ぶつ々ぶつ交こう換かんで富とみを得える。

  In the old tale 'The Straw Millionaire,' the protagonist gains wealth by bartering starting from a single rice straw stalk.