building rice-field ridges; ridging
Agricultural term for making raised rows (ridges) in a rice field or other cultivated land. The reading うねだて is a voiced variant.
We build ridges in the rice field before planting.
畝立て作業はトラクターで行う。
The ridging work is done with a tractor.
Standard kanji spelling for this agricultural term.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the first part is written in kana.
Compound of 畝 (une, 'ridge') + 立て (tate, from 立てる tateru, 'to set up, to make'). The reading うねだて is a rendaku (sequential voicing) variant.