まく・蒔く・播くmaku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto sow; to plant; to seed
2. godan verb, transitive verbto sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict)
3. godan verb, transitive verbto sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

• SynonymまくNeutralHomophone of 「蒔く」: scatter water, hand out flyers, shake off a pursuer; 「蒔く」 is for sowing seed, literally or figuratively.
• Synonym種まきたねまきNeutralA noun for the farm task of sowing; 「蒔く」 is the verb for the act itself.
• Synonym蒔き付けるまきつけるNeutralMeans scattering seed onto the ground; only literal sowing, with none of 「蒔く」's figurative use, and 「蒔く」 is more common.
• Synonym播種はしゅWrittenA written, agricultural term for sowing; 「蒔く」 is the everyday verb.
• Antonym刈るかるNeutralTo mow or reap; the opposite of sowing with 「蒔く」.
• Antonym収穫するNeutralTo harvest a crop; the opposite of sowing with 「蒔く」.

Default to 「蒔く」 for sowing seed, including sowing the seeds of trouble (「種を蒔く」). Use 「撒く」 for scattering water or flyers or shaking off a pursuer, 「種まき」 for the farm task, 「播種」 in formal agricultural writing, 「刈る」/「収穫する」 for reaping.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （蒔まく・播まく）植物しょくぶつを育そだてるために、種しゅを畑はたけに散布さんぷする。
2. （蒔まく・播まく）ぱらぱらと空中くうちゅうから平面へいめんに散ちらして落おとす。