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paddy rice; rice grown in flooded fields
Rice cultivated in flooded paddy fields, as opposed to rice grown in dry fields. The standard method of rice farming in Japan.
日本では水稲が主だ。
In Japan, paddy rice is the main type.
この地域は水稲の栽培が盛んだ。
Paddy rice cultivation is thriving in this region.
水稲は田に水を張って育てるため、水の管理がとても重要だ。
Because paddy rice is grown with water flooded into the fields, managing the water is very important.
An agricultural term contrasting with 陸稲 (upland/dry-field rice). Almost all rice in Japan is 水稲, grown in flooded paddies.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 陸稲: upland rice — grown in ordinary dry fields without flooding
- 稲: rice plant — the plant itself, regardless of growing method
- 田・水田: rice paddy — the flooded field where 水稲 is grown