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Meanings
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unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy
Refers to rice grains still enclosed in their husks after threshing, before hulling. Common in agricultural contexts.
Dry the freshly harvested unhulled rice.
In this region, many farmers store rice in the husk.
Usage patterns
- 〈籾〉をまくto sow rice seed still in its husk
Before transplanting, we sow the rice seeds still in their husks.
- 〈籾〉を干すto dry unhulled rice
We dry the harvested unhulled rice in the sun.
- 〈籾〉を摺るto hull rice, removing the husk
We hull the rice to turn it into white rice.
- 〈籾〉を肥料にするto use rice husks as fertilizer
Rice husks are spread on the field as fertilizer.