水稲

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The written form is 水稲, read すいとう. Elements for water and rice combine to denote paddy rice cultivated in flooded fields.
• Basic usage: 水稲を栽培する describes growing rice in broad paddies, while 水稲と作物を比べる describes comparing paddy rice with dry-field crops.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Rice cultivated in broad paddies
  • The regional cultivation takes place in broad rice paddies. Example: この地域では広い水田で水稲を栽培している。 — Rice is cultivated in broad paddies in this region.
• Paddy rice compared with field crops
  • The class contrasts wetland rice with crops grown in dry fields. Example: 水稲と畑で育てる作物の違いを授業で比べた。 — In class, we compared wetland rice with crops grown in dry fields.