1.
cultivation; farming; tilling the soil
The act of preparing and working the land for growing crops.
この土地は耕作に適している。
This land is suitable for cultivation.
耕作放棄地が増えている。
Abandoned farmland is increasing.
祖父は長年この畑を耕作してきた。
My grandfather has cultivated this field for many years.
WORD FORMATION:
- 耕 (till, plow) + 作 (make, cultivate)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 耕作地 (cultivated land, farmland)
- 耕作放棄地 (abandoned farmland)
- 耕作面積 (cultivated area)
- 耕作者 (farmer, cultivator)
SOCIAL CONTEXT:
- 耕作放棄地 (abandoned farmland) is a growing issue in rural Japan due to aging farmers and rural depopulation
- About 420,000 hectares of farmland were abandoned as of recent statistics
RELATED TERMS:
- 農業 (agriculture)
- 栽培 (cultivation of specific crops)
- 耕す (to plow - native Japanese word)