How to say "crop" in Japanese

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  • 収穫しゅうかくJLPT N3approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbPrimarily 'harvest': the act or season of gathering in a crop, and by extension the crop thus gathered. Natural when discussing the rice or autumn harvest.
    私わたしたちはみな収穫しゅうかくの手伝てつだいをした。↗
    We all helped with the harvest.
  • 作物さくもつJLPT N3approx.Common
    nounThe usual word for crops as plants or farm products — what farmers grow in their fields. Use it when 'crop' means the produce itself rather than the harvest or its size.
    日本にっぽんの主要しゅよう作物さくもつは米こめである。↗
    The main crop of Japan is rice.
  • 出来高できだかCommon
    noun, prenominal modifierMeans the amount produced — a yield or output volume — not the crop as plants. Choose it when 'crop' refers to the measured quantity produced rather than the plants or their condition.
    A record number of shares changed hands in busy trading as prices soared to a historic high.
  • 実入りみいりCommon
    nounCenters on how the crop ripened and came in — its ripeness and the resulting harvest. Natural when speaking of a good or poor result for the season's crop.
  • 作柄さくがらCommon
    nounDenotes the condition or quality of a year's crop — how the harvest turned out — rather than the crop itself. Used in assessing whether crop conditions are good or bad.
    今年ことしは米べいの作柄さくがらは良よさそうだ。↗
    This year promises a good harvest of rice.

Use 作物 for crops as plants or farm products, 収穫 for the harvest or gathered crop, 出来高 for yield as measured output, and 「実入り」 or 作柄 for how well a season's crop turned out.

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