田植え

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 田植え is read as たうえ and is a noun for rice planting, specifically transplanting rice seedlings into a paddy field.
• Basic usage: Helping with the work appears in 田植えを手伝う, while its season appears in 田植えの季節.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Planting seedlings in a paddy
  • It denotes moving separately raised rice seedlings into a paddy rather than directly scattering rice seed there.
• Difference from 種まき
  • 種まき is sowing seeds, while 田植え is transplanting grown rice seedlings into a paddy.