rice paddy plowing; tilling a rice field
Agricultural term for the first plowing of a rice paddy before planting. Often done in spring. Related to 田打ち (たうち).
See also: 田打ち (たうち)
When spring comes, farmers begin plowing the rice paddies.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling; 起こし is more common.
Compound of 田 (ta, 'rice paddy') and 起こし (okoshi, 'raising, turning up'), from the verb 起こす (okosu, 'to raise, to turn up soil').