種たね井い

noun

seed rice soaking pool

Agricultural term for a pool or basin used to soak seed rice before planting, typically in traditional rice cultivation.

• 昔むかしの農のう家かでは、種たね井いで種たねもみを水みずに浸ひたしてから苗なわ代しろにまいた。

  In old farmhouses, they soaked seed rice in a seed soaking pool before sowing it in the nursery bed.