How to say "farming" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 農業のうぎょうnounThe broad, everyday word for farming or agriculture as an industry and occupation; when you simply mean 'farming', this is the word you will almost always want.
- 農のうnounA compact word for farming seen mostly in formal writing and as an element inside other words; for ordinary reference to farming, 農業 is the usual choice.
- 農耕のうこうnounFarming as the tilling and cultivation of the land — growing crops from the soil — rather than agriculture as an industry; typical in historical and cultural discussion of crop-growing societies.
- 営農えいのうnoun, suru verbFarming as an ongoing operation — running and managing a farm; the word you meet in agricultural policy and business talk about how a farm is run.
- 農事のうじno-adjectiveA formal word for farm work and agricultural affairs, found chiefly in institutional and legal names; for plain 'farming' it is seldom the word you want — reach for 農業 instead.
Use 農業 for farming in general; 農耕 stresses tilling and cultivating the land, 営農 running a farm as an operation, while 農 is a compact formal word and 農事 a formal term for farm work.
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