How to say "agriculture" in Japanese

• 農業のうぎょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe usual all-purpose word for agriculture as an industry or field of activity; it covers both 'agriculture' and 'farming' in most contexts, from news about the farm sector to everyday talk about growing crops.
  海外かいがい向むけ食品しょくひんの輸出ゆしゅつは農業のうぎょう関連かんれん産業さんぎょうの柱はしらの一ひとつです。↗

  Overseas food exports are one of the mainstays of agribusiness.
• 農のうCommon
  nounMostly a building block inside compound words rather than an independent noun; on its own it is seldom the word you want for plain 'agriculture' — 農業 is the safer pick.
• 農耕のうこうJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounEmphasizes the act of cultivating the land — farming as a hands-on activity rather than agriculture as an industry; suits historical or descriptive discussion of how people raised crops.
• 営農えいのうCommon
  noun, suru verbTreats farming as an operation that a farmer runs, with the emphasis on management and livelihood rather than agriculture in general; typical of agricultural policy and administration.
• 農事のうじCommon
  no-adjectivePoints to farm work and agricultural affairs rather than agriculture as a whole; unless you mean the work or business of farming specifically, 農業 is the safer choice.

Choose 農業 for agriculture as a general industry or practice; 農耕 for the hands-on activity of cultivating land; 営農 for farming as a managed operation; 農 works mostly inside compounds and 農事 is a narrower term for farm affairs.

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• 農業のうぎょうagriculture
• 農のうfarming
• 農耕のうこうfarming
• 営農えいのうfarming
• 農事のうじfarming
• アグリカルチャーagriculture
• 農学のうがく(science of) agriculture