農民(のうみん)

のうみん
noun
farmer, peasant
1. farmer, peasant
A person who works in agriculture, especially a small-scale or traditional farmer.
農民(のうみん)たちは早朝(そうちょう)から働(はたら)く。
The farmers work from early morning.
江戸時代(えどじだい)の農民(のうみん)の生活(せいかつ)は厳(きび)しかった。
The life of farmers in the Edo period was harsh.
農民(のうみん)運動(うんどう)が起(お)こった。
A farmers' movement arose.
この地域(ちいき)の農民(のうみん)は主(おも)に米(こめ)を作(つく)っている。
The farmers in this region mainly grow rice.
干(かん)ばつが続(つづ)き、農民(のうみん)たちの生活(せいかつ)は深刻(しんこく)な影響(えいきょう)を受(う)けた。
The drought continued and the farmers' lives were seriously affected.

SIMILAR/RELATED WORDS:

  • 農家(のうか) (farm household; farmer - more common in modern usage)
  • 農業者(のうぎょうしゃ) (agricultural worker - formal)
  • 百姓(ひゃくしょう) (farmer - traditional term, can sound dated or rude)
  • 小作人(こさくにん) (tenant farmer - historical)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
農民(のうみん) often appears in historical contexts, such as discussions of the feudal class system where farmers were the second class (士農工商(しのうこうしょう)).

MODERN USAGE:
農家(のうか) is more commonly used today to refer to farming families or farmers in neutral contexts.

Related Words

Related: 農家(のうか) (farm household)
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Added 2026.1.12 21:48 · Revised 2026.3.2 9:17
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