収穫|しゅうかくshuukaku[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbharvest; crop; ingathering
- nounfruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns
- 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.
- 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


