いね

Japanese

Alternative spelling
稲

Alternative forms

• (non-productive, bound form)
  • (prefix) いな (ina)
  • (suffix) しね (shine)

Etymology

⟨i₁ne⟩ → /ine/

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​ね [íꜜnè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ine̞]

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

• 米(こめ) (kome, “husked rice grains”)

Proper noun

いね • (Ine) ^{←いね (ine)?}

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