Korean

Meaning: rice plant
Part of Speech: Noun

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Example sentences

In autumn, the rice plants ripen to a golden yellow.
베틀 북처럼 생긴 사전에서 벼가 익어간다.
Rice is ripening in the shuttle-shaped field.
농부가 낫으로 벼를 벴다.
The farmer cut the rice with a sickle.
나도는 찹쌀을 만드는 데 쓰이는 벼의 일종입니다.
Na-do is a type of rice plant used to produce sticky rice.
농부들은 가을에 낫으로 벼를 벱니다.
Farmers cut rice with sickles in autumn.
농부들이 기계로 벼를 훑고 있다.
Farmers are stripping rice with a machine.
가을이 되자 들판이 누렇게 익은 벼로 가득 찼다.
As autumn arrived, the fields were filled with golden-yellow ripe rice.
가을이 깊어 가니 들판의 벼가 노랗게 잘 여물었다.
As autumn deepened, the rice in the fields ripened well into yellow.

Usage Notes

Refers to the plant itself, not the harvested grain (which is 쌀).

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