移植(いしょく)ごて

いしょくごて
noun
garden trowel
toolplant-general
1. garden trowel; hand trowel for planting
A small hand tool with a scoop-shaped blade, used for digging holes, lifting seedlings to transplant them, and planting bulbs.
移植(いしょく)ごてで穴(あな)を掘(ほ)る。
Dig a hole with a garden trowel.
苗(なえ)を移植(いしょく)ごてで丁寧(ていねい)に掘(ほ)り上(あ)げた。
I carefully lifted the seedlings with a trowel.
プランターの土(つち)を入(い)れ替(か)えるときは、移植(いしょく)ごてがあると便利(べんり)だ。
A trowel comes in handy when you replace the soil in a planter.

From 移植(いしょく) (transplanting) + こて (trowel), which becomes ごて in the compound.

Common collocations

  • 移植(いしょく)ごてで掘(ほ)る: to dig with a trowel
  • 園芸用(えんげいよう)の移植(いしょく)ごて: a gardening trowel

Similar words

  • シャベル / スコップ: shovel or spade — which word names the small hand tool and which the large one differs between eastern and western Japan
  • こて: a trowel in general, including a plasterer's flat trowel

Related Words

Compare: スコップ (shovel or spade)
Compare: 小手(こて) (a trowel in general, including…)
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