養蚕(ようさん)

ようさん
noun
sericulture; silkworm raising
worknature
1. sericulture; raising silkworms
The practice of raising silkworms in order to produce raw silk.
この地域(ちいき)は養蚕(ようさん)が盛(さか)んだ。
Sericulture is thriving in this region.
祖母(そぼ)は若(わか)い頃(ころ)養蚕(ようさん)の仕事(しごと)をしていた。
My grandmother worked in sericulture when she was young.
養蚕(ようさん)農家(のうか)は蚕(かいこ)を育(そだ)てて繭(まゆ)を出荷(しゅっか)する。
Sericulture farmers raise silkworms and ship the cocoons.

Composed of 養(よう) (to raise, rear) + 蚕(さん) (silkworm). Refers to the farming activity of raising silkworms to obtain silk.

Common collocations

  • 養蚕(ようさん)農家(のうか): a sericulture farmer
  • 養蚕(ようさん)が盛(さか)んだ: sericulture is thriving
  • 養蚕(ようさん)業(ぎょう): the silk-farming industry

Usage

Sericulture was central to Japan's economy from the Meiji era into the early twentieth century. Related words: 生糸(きいと) (raw silk), 蚕(かいこ) (silkworm), and 繭(まゆ) (cocoon).

Related Words

Compare: 桑(くわ) (mulberry (tree))
Compare: 製糸(せいし) (silk reeling)
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