How to say "yield" in Japanese

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  • 生ずるしょうずるJLPT N2approx.Common
    ichidan verb (-zuru), transitive verbCovers 'yield' meaning to produce or give rise to something — the results, effects, or profit that an action or investment brings about — rather than any physical giving way or surrender.
  • 屈するくっするCommon
    suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbCovers 'yield' as giving in: to stop resisting pressure, temptation, or threats and submit, or to be daunted. It describes surrender or shrinking back, not producing or measuring anything.
    その要求ようきゅうに屈くっするな。↗
    Do not give in to those demands.
  • 出来高できだかCommon
    noun, prenominal modifierA noun for 'yield' as an amount: the volume of production or work done, and also the amount of a crop. It names a quantity or figure, not the act of yielding.
    A record number of shares changed hands in busy trading as prices soared to a historic high.
  • 凹むへこむJLPT N2approx.Common
    godan verb, intransitive verbCovers the physical sense of 'yield': a surface that gives under pressure and becomes dented or indented. Picture metal or the ground giving way when pressed — nothing to do with surrender or harvests.
  • 収量しゅうりょうCommon
    nounA noun for 'yield' as the size of a harvest: how much of a crop is produced. The word to use for crop yields in agriculture, rather than for output in general.
    Why do yields increase with herbicide-resistant varieties?

Choose 「生ずる」 for yielding results or profit, 「屈する」 for yielding to pressure, 「凹む」 for a surface giving way, 出来高 for volume of output or work, and 収量 for the size of a harvest.

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