noun
rice planting
Refers specifically to the act of planting rice seedlings in a paddy field, a key agricultural event in Japan.
田植えの時期になると、村中が忙しくなる。
When rice-planting season comes, the whole village gets busy.
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
Kanji-only spelling, less common but still seen in some contexts.
稲作 refers to rice cultivation as a whole, while 田植え is specifically the planting of seedlings.
Compound of 田 (ta, 'rice paddy') and 植え (ue, 'planting', the nominalized stem of 植える).