飯 台(はんだい)

はんだい

noun

wooden sushi-rice tub

1. wooden tub for mixing sushi rice

A wide, shallow, round wooden tub, usually of cypress, in which hot rice is mixed with vinegar and fanned to make sushi rice. The wood absorbs extra moisture so the rice does not get sticky.

飯台(はんだい)で酢飯(すめし)を作(つく)る。

I make sushi rice in a wooden tub.

使(つか)う前(まえ)に飯台(はんだい)を水(みず)で湿(しめ)らせておく。

Moisten the tub with water before using it.

炊(た)きたてのご飯(はん)を飯台(はんだい)に移(うつ)し、すし酢(ず)を回(まわ)しかけてうちわであおいだ。

I moved the freshly cooked rice into the tub, poured sushi vinegar over it, and fanned it.

Usage

Also called 寿司桶(すしおけ) or 半切(はんぎ)り. In some regions 飯台(はんだい) also means a low dining table, but in recipes it is the sushi tub.

Common collocations

飯台(はんだい)に移(うつ)す: to transfer (the rice) to the tub
飯台(はんだい)を湿(しめ)らせる: to moisten the tub before use
ちらし寿司(ずし)を飯台(はんだい)ごと出(だ)す: to serve chirashi-zushi in the tub itself

Related words

酢飯(すめし): sushi rice
しゃもじ: rice paddle
うちわ: fan

Related Words

Related: 酢飯(すめし) (sushi rice)

Related: 杓文字(しゃもじ) (rice paddle)

Compare: 寿司桶(すしおけ) (sushi tub)

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Added 2026.10.5 4:18 · Revised 2026.10.6 4:13

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