苗なわ代しろ

noun

rice nursery; seedling bed

A specially prepared bed where rice seedlings are grown before being transplanted to the paddy field.

• 春はるになると、農のう家かは苗なわ代しろに種たねもみをまく。

  In spring, farmers sow rice seeds in the nursery bed.

• 苗なわ代しろで育そだった苗なえを田たんぼに植うえ替かえる。

  The seedlings grown in the nursery bed are transplanted to the paddy field.