This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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いね
rice-plant
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稲荷

いなり
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); Inari-zushi
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稲田

いなだ
paddy field; rice field
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早稲田

わせだ、わさだ
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
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稲妻

いなずま、いなづま
(flash of) lightning
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稲作

いなさく
rice cultivation; rice crop
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稲穂

いなほ
ear (head) of rice
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水稲

すいとう
wet-land rice
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稲子

いなご、こう
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
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稲魂

倉稲魂、宇迦魂、宇迦御魂
うかのみたま、うけのみたま、うかたま
the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)