田作(たづく)り

たづくり
noun
candied dried sardines (New Year dish)
foodculture
1. candied dried baby sardines eaten at New Year
Small dried sardines toasted and coated in a sweet soy glaze, served in osechi. One of the three core celebratory dishes, eaten as a wish for a good harvest.
田作(たづく)りは甘(あま)くて香(こう)ばしい。
Tazukuri is sweet and fragrant.
おせちの重箱(じゅうばこ)に田作(たづく)りを詰(つ)めた。
I packed tazukuri into the osechi box.
田作(たづく)りは小(ちい)さな魚(さかな)を肥料(ひりょう)に使(つか)っていたことに由来(ゆらい)し、豊作(ほうさく)を願(ねが)う料理(りょうり)とされている。
Tazukuri takes its name from the use of small fish as fertilizer, and is regarded as a dish that wishes for a good harvest.

Literally "rice-field making," because dried sardines were once spread on fields as fertilizer. Also called ごまめ in western Japan.

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Cultural note

Together with 黒豆(くろまめ) and 数(かず)の子(こ), 田作(たづく)り makes up the 祝(いわ)い肴(ざかな)三種(さんしゅ) — the three dishes said to be enough, with rice cakes, to see in the New Year properly.

Related Words

Related: 祝(いわ)い肴(ざかな)
Related: 数(かず)の子(こ)
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Added 2026.8.10 18:22 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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