刈り入れ・刈入れ・刈入|かりいれkariire[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
刈り入れ刈り入れ is the most common written form and the one beginners should use. It is written with a mixture of kanji and kana.
刈入れ刈入れ is a less common variant of 刈り入れ, also written with a mixture of kanji and kana. Beginners should prefer 刈り入れ.
刈入刈入 is the least common form. It is written entirely in kanji with an irregular kana-ending pattern, so beginners should use 刈り入れ instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbharvest
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 刈り入れする（かりいれする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 刈り入れします（かりいれします） |
| Negative (nai) | 刈り入れしない（かりいれしない） |
| polite (masen) | 刈り入れしません（かりいれしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 刈り入れせず・刈り入れせぬ（かりいれせず・かりいれせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 刈り入れした（かりいれした） |
| polite (mashita) | 刈り入れしました（かりいれしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 刈り入れしなかった（かりいれしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 刈り入れしませんでした（かりいれしませんでした） |
| Te form | 刈り入れして（かりいれして） |
| Potential | 刈り入れできる（かりいれできる） |
| Passive | 刈り入れされる（かりいれされる） |
| Causative | 刈り入れさせる（かりいれさせる） |
| Causative passive | 刈り入れさせられる（かりいれさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 刈り入れすれば（かりいれすれば） |
| tara | 刈り入れしたら（かりいれしたら） |
| Volitional | 刈り入れしよう（かりいれしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 刈り入れしましょう（かりいれしましょう） |
| Imperative | 刈り入れしろ（かりいれしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym刈り取るかりとるNeutralA verb: cutting grass or crops down at the base. The focus is on the cutting itself, not necessarily work done during the harvest season.
- Synonym収穫しゅうかくNeutralThe everyday word for harvest: gathering crops in, or by extension the gains and results one obtains. Its range is much wider than 「刈り入れ」.
- Synonym刈り入れるかりいれるNeutralThe verb form of the headword: cutting ripe grain and bringing it in. It names the same action as 「刈り入れ」.
- Antonym種まきたねまきCasualColloquial for sowing seeds; it opens the farming cycle, standing at the opposite end from the harvest-time 「刈り入れ」.
- Antonym播種はしゅWrittenA written term from agricultural science for sowing; it stands opposite the harvesting 「刈り入れ」.
Use 「刈り入れ」 for harvesting rice or wheat, as in 「稲の刈り入れ」 or 「刈り入れ時」; for harvest in the general sense use 「収穫」. The opposite is 「種まき」, sowing.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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