(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.
(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)毎日(まいにち)農作業(のうさぎょう)(あせ)(なが)している。
My grandfather works up a sweat doing farm work every day.
機械化(きかいか)(すす)んで農作業(のうさぎょう)負担(ふたん)(おお)きく()った。
Mechanization has advanced and the burden of farm work has decreased significantly.

Compound of (のう) (agriculture) + 作業(さぎょう) (work/labor). Emphasizes the hands-on physical tasks of farming.

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)従事(じゅうじ)する (to engage in farm work)
  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)手伝(てつだ)う (to help with farm work)
  • 農作業(のうさぎょう)合間(あいま)に (between farm tasks)