農作業(のうさぎょう)

のうさぎょう
noun
farm work; agricultural labor
1. farm work; agricultural labor
Manual labor involved in farming, such as planting, harvesting, weeding, and tending crops. Refers to the physical tasks of agriculture rather than farm management.
朝(あさ)から農作業(のうさぎょう)をする。
I do farm work from the morning.
祖父(そふ)は毎日(まいにち)農作業(のうさぎょう)に汗(あせ)を流(なが)している。
My grandfather works up a sweat doing farm work every day.
機械化(きかいか)が進(すす)んで農作業(のうさぎょう)の負担(ふたん)が大(おお)きく減(へ)った。
Mechanization has advanced and the burden of farm work has decreased significantly.

農作業(のうさぎょう) refers to the hands-on physical tasks of farming — planting, weeding, harvesting, and tending crops.

WORD FORMATION:
農(のう) (agriculture) + 作業(さぎょう) (work, labor)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)をする: to do farm work
  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)に従事(じゅうじ)する: to engage in farm work (formal)
  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)を手伝(てつだ)う: to help with farm work
  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)の合間(あいま)に: between farm tasks
  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)の負担(ふたん): the burden of farm work

RELATED TERMS:

  • 農業(のうぎょう): agriculture, farming (the industry/occupation)
  • 農家(のうか): farmer, farm household
  • 田植(たう)え: rice planting
  • 収穫(しゅうかく): harvesting

DISTINCTION:
農作業(のうさぎょう) emphasizes the physical labor aspect of farming, while 農業(のうぎょう) refers to farming as an industry or profession.

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Added 2026.3.2 14:56 · Revised 2026.3.28 13:11
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