いね

Japanese
Alternative spelling
稲

Alternative forms
  • (non-productive, bound form)

Etymology

⟨i1ne⟩ → /ine/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *inay.

Pronunciation

Noun

いね or イネ • (ine) ←いね (ine)?

  1. the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3459:
      , text here
      伊祢(いね)都氣波(つけば)可加流安我手乎(かかるあがてを)許余比毛可(こよひもか)等能乃和久胡我(とののわくごが)等里弖奈氣可武(とりてなげかむ) [Man'yōgana]
      稲(いね)舂(つ)けばかかる我(あ)が手(て)を今宵(こよひ)もか殿(との)の若子(わくご)が取(と)りて嘆(なげ)かむ [Modern spelling]
      ine tsukeba kakaru aga te o koyoi mo ka tono no wakugo ga torite nagekamu
      As my hands are chapped from polishing rice, I wonder if the master’s son will take them and lament again tonight
  2. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of rice plants

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 稲(いね)揚(あ)げ (ineage)
  • 稲(いね)刈(かり), 稲(いね)刈(か)り (inekari)
  • 稲(いね)扱(こ)き (inekoki)
  • 稲(いね)舂(つ)き (inetsuki)
  • 稲(いね)の丸(まる) (ine no maru)
  • 稲(いね)埒(らち) (inerachi)
  • 抱(だき)稲(いね), 抱(だ)き稲(いね) (dakiine)
  • 稲(いね)分(わ)け (inewake)
  • 徒(いたずら)稲(いね) (itazura ine)
  • 晩稲(おしね) (oshine)
  • 刈(か)り稲(いね) (kariine)
  • 賤(しず)稲(いね) (shizuine)
  • 長彦(ながひこ)の稲(いね) (nagahiko no ine)
  • 野(の)稲(いね) (noine)
  • 法師子(ほうしご)の稲(いね) (hōshigo no ine)
  • 糯(もち)稲(いね) (mochīne)
  • 行(ゆき)合(あ)いの稲(いね), 行(ゆ)き合(あ)いの稲(いね) (yukiai no ine)

Idioms
  • 稲(いね)挙(あ)ぐ (ineagu), 稲(いね)挙(あ)ぐる (ineaguru)
  • 稲(いね)積(つ)む (inetsumu)

See also

Proper noun

いね • (Ine) ←いね (ine)?

  1. (dated) a female given name
  2. a surname

References
  1. “稲”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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