縄なわ手て

noun

footpath between rice fields

Refers to a narrow path running along or between rice paddies, often raised or grassy. A rural landscape term.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、縄なわ手てを走はしって学がっ校こうに通かよった。

  As a child, I used to run along the footpath between the rice fields to get to school.

• 縄なわ手てを歩あるいていると、蛙かえるの声こえが聞きこえてきた。

  Walking along the path between the paddies, I heard frogs croaking.