稲(いね)

いね

noun

rice plant, paddy

1. rice plant

The plant that produces rice grains.

稲(いね)が実(みの)る。

The rice plants bear grain.

稲(いね)を植(う)える。

To plant rice.

稲(いね)刈(か)りの季節(きせつ)だ。

It's rice harvesting season.

稲(いね)を育(そだ)てるには水(みず)が必要(ひつよう)だ。

Water is needed to grow rice plants.

稲穂(いなほ)が垂(た)れてきた。

The rice ears have started to droop.

稲(いね)の品種(ひんしゅ)を改良(かいりょう)する。

To improve rice plant varieties.

2. rice paddy, rice crop

Rice as it grows in the field.

稲(いね)が風(かぜ)に揺(ゆ)れている。

The rice plants are swaying in the wind.

稲(いね)の生育(せいいく)が順調(じゅんちょう)だ。

The rice crop is growing well.

田(た)んぼに稲(いね)が青々(あおあお)と茂(しげ)っている。

Rice plants are growing lush and green in the paddy field.

台風(たいふう)で稲(いね)が倒(たお)れた。

The rice crop was flattened by the typhoon.

秋(あき)になると、稲(いね)が金色(きんいろ)に輝(かがや)いて美(うつく)しい。

In autumn, the rice paddies shine golden and are beautiful.

稲(いね) refers specifically to the rice plant as it grows in paddy fields. Japanese has distinct words for rice at each stage of processing, and 稲(いね) covers the living plant.

RICE TERMINOLOGY:

稲(いね): rice plant (growing in the field)
籾(もみ): unhulled rice (after harvest)
玄米(げんまい): brown rice (hulled but unpolished)
米(こめ): rice (white, uncooked grain)
ご飯(はん): cooked rice, meal

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

稲(いね)刈(か)り: rice harvesting
稲穂(いなほ): ear of rice
稲作(いなさく): rice cultivation
水稲(すいとう): wet-paddy rice

CULTURAL NOTE:
Rice cultivation has been central to Japanese culture for millennia. 稲(いね) appears in many place names and is associated with autumn harvest imagery. The drooping 稲穂(いなほ) is a symbol of abundance and humility.

Related Words

Related: 稲穂(いなほ) (ear of rice)

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Added 2026.1.9 21:15 · Revised 2026.5.17 22:09

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