米粒大の灸

English translation: rice grain sized moxa

20:22 Aug 21, 2017
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Acupuncture and moxibustion
Japanese term or phrase: 米粒大の灸
腎兪への米粒大の灸5壮

Guess this to mean moxibustion of rice-grain size
Hannon
Local time: 11:51
English translation:rice grain sized moxa
Explanation:
This means rice grain sized moxa
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Crisp Alvar (X)
Argentina
Grading comment
thanks to all respondents, have chosen a compromise between succinctness and exactness
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Summary of answers provided
5rice grain sized moxa
Crisp Alvar (X)
3rice grain moxa
David Patrick
3rice grain size of moxa
Kayoko Kimura
3short-grain-rice-sized moxibustion (or moxa)
Reiko Ando


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rice grain moxa


Explanation:
I think "rice grain moxa" might be the appropriate term.

David Patrick
Ireland
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. This is usefully succinct but possibly ambiguous.

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rice grain size of moxa


Explanation:
米粒大の=rice grain size of
灸=moxa

Kayoko Kimura
United States
Local time: 06:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rice grain sized moxa


Explanation:
This means rice grain sized moxa

Crisp Alvar (X)
Argentina
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks to all respondents, have chosen a compromise between succinctness and exactness
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, this is both succinct and unambiguous.

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
short-grain-rice-sized moxibustion (or moxa)


Explanation:

米粒大 = short-grain-rice-sized
Japanese rice is short grain while others such as jasmine rice is long grain, which may be two to three times longer than short grain. If the writer is a Japanese person, I think the writer is referring to the size of Japanese rice.

灸 = moxibustion, if the moxa is burning on the skin


Reiko Ando
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. This is the most exact translation but for present purposes I think this amount of detail is not required.

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