noun
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables
Agricultural term for crops harvested in the middle of the growing season, especially rice and vegetables.
今年は中手の米の出来がいい。
This year's mid-season rice crop is good.
中手の野菜はちょうど今が収穫時期だ。
Mid-season vegetables are just now ready for harvest.
noun
Only when written 中手
Anatomical term for the middle part of the hand, between the wrist and fingers. Restricted to the 中手 spelling.
中手骨は手のひらの中央にある骨だ。
The metacarpal bones are the bones in the middle of the palm.
Compound of 中 (naka, 'middle') and 手 (te, 'hand' or 'method'), referring to the middle period of cultivation. The anatomical sense uses 手 in its literal 'hand' meaning.