収穫|しゅうかくshuukaku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbharvest; crop; ingathering
    私わたしたちはみな収穫しゅうかくの手伝てつだいをした。↗
    We all helped with the harvest.
  2. nounfruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcatch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul
Conjugation
Dictionary form収穫する(しゅうかくする)
Polite (masu)収穫します(しゅうかくします)
Negative (nai)収穫しない(しゅうかくしない)
polite (masen)収穫しません(しゅうかくしません)
classical zu / nu収穫せず・収穫せぬ(しゅうかくせず・しゅうかくせぬ)
Past (ta)収穫した(しゅうかくした)
polite (mashita)収穫しました(しゅうかくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)収穫しなかった(しゅうかくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)収穫しませんでした(しゅうかくしませんでした)
Te form収穫して(しゅうかくして)
Potential収穫できる(しゅうかくできる)
Passive収穫される(しゅうかくされる)
Causative収穫させる(しゅうかくさせる)
Causative passive収穫させられる(しゅうかくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)収穫すれば(しゅうかくすれば)
tara収穫したら(しゅうかくしたら)
Volitional収穫しよう(しゅうかくしよう)
polite (mashou)収穫しましょう(しゅうかくしましょう)
Imperative収穫しろ(しゅうかくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym実りみのりNeutralCrops ripening or bearing fruit, or achievements; has a lyrical feel, as in 「実りの秋」.
  • Synonym刈り取るかりとるNeutralTo cut down grass or crops, as in 「稲を刈り取る」; stresses the cutting action.
  • Synonym刈り入れかりいれNeutralNoun for the reaping of rice or wheat, as in 「刈り入れの時期」.
  • Synonym出来高できだかNeutralCrop yield or output; also the volume of stock trades or piecework completed.
  • Synonym収穫高しゅうかくだかNeutralThe quantity harvested or the income from farming; the emphasis is on the amount.
  • Synonym取れ高とれだかCasualColloquial for the amount actually harvested or caught, as in 「今年の取れ高」.
  • Related取り入れるとりいれるNeutralVerb: to harvest crops, as in 「稲を取り入れる」; also to introduce or adopt ideas and technology.
  • Related成果せいかNeutralThe good results of effort, as in 「研究の成果」; close to the figurative sense of 収穫.
  • Related産物さんぶつNeutralThe products of a region, or what something gives rise to, as in 「時代の産物」.
  • Related収量しゅうりょうWrittenWritten, specialist farm term for crop yield; 収穫 also covers the harvesting and figurative gains.
  • Related結実けつじつWrittenWritten: plants bearing fruit, or efforts coming to fruition, as in 「努力が結実する」.
  • Related摘み取るつみとるNeutralTo pluck fruit or buds by hand, as in 「茶葉を摘み取る」; stresses the picking motion.
  • Related上がり高あがりだかNeutralRevenue or earnings, mostly in a business context; not limited to agriculture.
  • Related生産高せいさんだかWrittenWritten style: the amount produced in a given period, as in 「米の生産高」; leans statistical.
  • Related産出高さんしゅつだかWrittenWritten statistical term for the output of mines, industry and the like.
  • Related生産量せいさんりょうNeutralThe quantity produced, as in 「年間生産量」; used across industry and agriculture.
  • Related刈り入れるかりいれるWrittenWritten verb for cutting and gathering in rice, wheat and the like; stresses taking the cut crop in.

Default to 「収穫」 for harvesting crops and, figuratively, for the rewards of hard work. For the cutting action use 「刈り取る」 or 「刈り入れ」; for yields use 「生産量」 or 「収量」; for the good results of effort use 「成果」; for ripening and bearing fruit use 「実り」. The 〜高 nouns are for amounts or income, and 「取り入れる」 also covers adopting ideas and technology.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 農作物のうさくもつを収集しゅうしゅうすること。
  2. 獲物えもの。
  3. ある事ことをして得えられた成果せいか。
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