脱穀(だっこく)

だっこく
noun; suru verb
threshing; grain separation
1. threshing; separating grain from stalks
The process of separating grain (especially rice) from the plant stalks and husks after harvesting.
稲(いね)を刈(か)り取(と)った後(あと)、脱穀(だっこく)する。
After harvesting the rice plants, we thresh them.
昔(むかし)は手作業(てさぎょう)で脱穀(だっこく)していた。
In the old days, threshing was done by hand.
コンバインは刈(か)り取(と)りと脱穀(だっこく)を同時(どうじ)に行(おこな)う。
A combine harvester performs both cutting and threshing at the same time.

WORD FORMATION:

  • 脱(だつ) (remove) + 穀(こく) (grain)

RICE PRODUCTION PROCESS:
1. 田植(たう)え (rice planting)
2. 稲刈(いねか)り (harvesting)
3. 脱穀(だっこく) (threshing)
4. 乾燥(かんそう) (drying)
5. 籾摺(もみす)り (hulling)
6. 精米(せいまい) (polishing)

TRADITIONAL TOOLS:

  • 千歯(せんば)こき (traditional threshing comb with many teeth)
  • 足踏(あしぶ)み脱穀機(だっこくき) (foot-powered threshing machine)

MODERN EQUIPMENT:

  • 脱穀機(だっこくき) (threshing machine)
  • コンバイン (combine harvester - cuts and threshes)

Related Words

Related: 精米(せいまい) (later step)
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Added 2026.1.18 10:15 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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