おひつ

noun

wooden rice container

A round, wooden container used to hold and serve cooked rice, often with a lid. Common in traditional Japanese settings.

• 炊たきたてのご飯はんをおひつに移うつす。

  Transfer freshly cooked rice into the ohitsu.

• おひつに残のこったご飯はんは冷れい蔵ぞう庫こに入いれてください。

  Please put the leftover rice in the ohitsu into the refrigerator.