農業|のうぎょうnougyou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounagriculture; farming
   海外かいがい向むけ食品しょくひんの輸出ゆしゅつは農業のうぎょう関連かんれん産業さんぎょうの柱はしらの一ひとつです。↗

   Overseas food exports are one of the mainstays of agribusiness.

• Synonym農耕のうこうWrittenWritten word for tilling land and raising crops, as in 「農耕民族」; it covers cultivation only, while 「農業」 also takes in livestock and other sectors.
• Synonym農のうWrittenThe single character, literary in tone, seen in 「農を営む」 and in compounds; in everyday speech 「農業」 is the usual word.
• Synonym農芸のうげいWrittenRefers to the art of farming, or to agriculture and horticulture; mostly in academic field names like 「農芸化学」 and not used in daily life.
• SynonymアグリカルチャーWrittenA loanword for agriculture, found mainly in company names and academic contexts; in daily conversation 「農業」 is what you would say.
• Synonym農作のうさくWrittenWritten word for tilling land and growing crops; mostly seen in compounds such as 「農作物」 and rarely alone, while 「農業」 covers the whole industry.
• Synonym稼穡かしょくWrittenArchaic term for sowing and reaping crops; extremely rare today and found mainly in classical or literary writing. Say 「農業」 in modern usage.

Use 「農業」 for agriculture as an industry, livestock included; farm work is 「農作業」. Tilling the fields is 「農耕」; written style or compounds may use the bare 「農」. 「農芸」 and アグリカルチャー appear in academic or commercial names, 「農作」 mostly in compounds; 「稼穡」 is archaic.

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1. 産業さんぎょう又または職業しょくぎょうの一ひとつであり、主おもに、陸上りくじょうにおいて、食料しょくりょうとなる植物しょくぶつの栽培さいばい又または動物どうぶつの肥育ひいくを行おこなうことをいい、並ならびにそれに類るいした食料しょくりょう以外いがいの用途ようとを目的もくてきとする草本そうほんの肥育ひいく及および毛け又または皮かわの採取さいしゅを目的もくてきとして動物どうぶつを飼育しいくするものをいう。