農耕|のうこうnoukou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounfarming; agriculture; cultivation

• Synonym農業のうぎょうNeutralAgriculture as an industry — the broadest term, common in daily use. 「農耕」 stresses tilling the land as a mode of production.
• Synonym農のうWrittenMeans farming but mostly forms compounds such as 「農家」; standing alone it reads as written, formal prose.
• Synonym耕作こうさくNeutralThe actual labor of tilling and raising crops; also names methods like 「焼畑耕作」 and 「水田耕作」. 「農耕」 stresses the tillage-based way of life.
• SynonymアグリカルチャーNeutralLoanword for agriculture; rare in everyday speech, seen mainly in technical or official names.
• Synonym耕種こうしゅWrittenTilling and sowing; written/formal and little used today — say 「耕作」 in daily life.
• Synonym農作のうさくNeutralTilling land and growing crops; mostly seen in 「農作物」 and rarely alone. 「農耕」 stresses the production method.
• Synonym稼穡かしょくWrittenPlanting and harvesting grain; written style with a classical Chinese flavor, rarely used today.

Use 「農耕」 for a tillage-based mode of production, as in 「農耕民族」 and 「農耕文化」. For agriculture as an industry say 「農業」; for the actual work of tilling, 「耕作」; for growing crops, 「農作」. The rest are rare or literary.

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1. 田畑たはたを耕たがやして農作物のうさくもつを作つくること。