耕す|たがやすtagayasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 耕す(たがやす) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 耕します(たがやします) |
| Negative (nai) | 耕さない(たがやさない) |
| polite (masen) | 耕しません(たがやしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 耕さず・耕さぬ(たがやさず・たがやさぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 耕した(たがやした) |
| polite (mashita) | 耕しました(たがやしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 耕さなかった(たがやさなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 耕しませんでした(たがやしませんでした) |
| Te form | 耕して(たがやして) |
| Potential | 耕せる(たがやせる) |
| Passive | 耕される(たがやされる) |
| Causative | 耕させる(たがやさせる) |
| Causative passive | 耕させられる(たがやさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 耕せば(たがやせば) |
| tara | 耕したら(たがやしたら) |
| Volitional | 耕そう(たがやそう) |
| polite (mashou) | 耕しましょう(たがやしましょう) |
| Imperative | 耕せ(たがやせ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym耕作こうさくWrittenWritten-register noun for cultivating farmland, as in 「耕作放棄地」; 「耕す」 is the verb for turning over soil.
- Synonym鋤くすくNeutralTurning soil with a spade or plow; 「耕す」 is more general and can also figuratively mean cultivating the mind.
- Related培うつちかうNeutralFor fostering abilities or character, as in 「友情を培う」; 「耕す」 literally means tilling the soil.
- Related掘り起こすほりおこすNeutralDigging something up, also figuratively unearthing talent or demand; 「耕す」 is about tilling soil.
- Related鋤き起こすすきおこすNeutralLifting soil up by digging or plowing; 「耕す」 refers to tilling a field as a whole.
- Related鋤き返すすきかえすNeutralTurning the soil over, bringing lower earth up; 「耕す」 is the more general term.
- Related畑打ちはたうちWrittenA written term and haiku season word for tilling dry fields in spring.
- Antonym荒らすあらすNeutralThe antonym in cultivation versus neglect: to let fields go to waste or to devastate them.
- Antonym休耕するWrittenA written/formal term; the antonym in whether land is farmed: to leave a field fallow, idle.
Use 「耕す」 for tilling soil and figuratively for nurturing the mind; 「耕作」 is the written noun for farming, 「鋤く」 for turning soil with a spade or plow, and 「培う」 for building ability or character. Antonyms: 「荒らす」 (laying waste) and 「休耕する」 (leaving fields fallow).
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


