How to say "reap" in Japanese

• 刈り取るかりとるCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'reap' in its literal agricultural sense: cutting down a ripe crop such as grain and taking it in. This is the word to reach for when 'reap' means harvesting a crop.
  まいた種たねは自分じぶんで刈り取かりとらなければならない。↗

  As a man sows, so he shall reap.
• 刈るかるJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbIts core sense is cutting — mowing grass, clipping or trimming hair. It overlaps with 'reap' only insofar as reaping involves cutting, so for the harvest sense 刈り取る is the more precise choice.
  彼かれらはジャックの髪かみの刈かり方かたをひやかした。↗

  They made fun of Jack's haircut.

Use 「刈り取る」 when 'reap' means cutting and gathering a ripe crop, i.e. harvesting; 「刈る」 is the general verb for cutting — mowing grass, clipping hair — and fits 'reap' only where the emphasis is on the cutting itself.

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• 刈り取るかりとるto mow
• 刈るかるto cut (grass, hair, etc.)
• 刈り入れるかりいれるto harvest
• 刈かりcut
• 取り入れるとりいれるto harvest