干ほし飯い

also: ほしい

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Meanings

noun

dried boiled rice; hoshi-ii

Historically used as portable provisions by samurai and travelers; today it is a traditional preserved food, sometimes rehydrated with hot water or eaten as a snack.

戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、武ぶ士しは干ほし飯いいを携けい帯たい食しょくとして持もち歩あるいた。
During the Warring States period, samurai carried dried boiled rice as portable rations.
干ほし飯いいはお湯ゆをかけるとふっくら戻もどる。
Dried boiled rice becomes soft and fluffy again when you pour hot water over it.

Written forms

干ほし飯いい
Standard modern spelling with regular okurigana.
糒Usage60%
- ほしい
  Single-kanji form; reading ほしい is restricted to this spelling. Archaic and literary.
- ほしいい
乾ほし飯いいUsage40%
Alternate kanji for 'dried'; less common than 干し飯.
干ほし飯いい
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; less common than 干し飯.
乾飯ほしいい
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; less common than 干し飯.
ほしい

Kanji

糒dried boiled rice
乾drought, dry, desiccate
飯meal, boiled rice
干dry, parch, ebb

Similar words

アルファ化か米まい
Modern processed instant rice; 干し飯 is a traditional sun-dried or heat-dried rice with a harder texture and historical context.
おこし
A sweetened rice cake snack; 干し飯 is plain dried rice, not sweetened or formed into cakes.

Etymology

From 干し (hoshi, 'drying') + 飯 (ii, 'cooked rice'). The reading ほしい is an older form; ほしいい is the modern standard reading.