1.
spade; plow; digging tool
A hand farming tool with a flat blade and a long handle, used to dig and turn over soil. Historically also a plow drawn through a field.
鋤で畑を耕す。
I till the field with a spade.
昔は牛に鋤を引かせて田を耕した。
Long ago, people had oxen pull a plow to till the rice fields.
鋤を使って土を深く掘り返すと、作物がよく育つ。
When you use a spade to dig the soil over deeply, the crops grow well.
A traditional digging and tilling tool. The word is also part of the dish name すき焼き (sukiyaki), said to come from cooking on a spade-like metal blade.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 鍬: hoe — has the blade set at an angle to the handle for chopping into soil, whereas a 鋤 blade is in line with the handle for digging
- スコップ・シャベル: shovel — modern general-purpose digging tools