How to say "crop" in Japanese
- 収穫しゅうかく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.
- 作物さくもつ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.
- 出来高できだか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.
- 実入りみいり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.
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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