農 耕(のうこう)

のうこう

noun

farming; agriculture; cultivation

1. farming; agriculture; cultivation

The activity of growing crops, especially through tilling the soil. Often used in historical, anthropological, or formal contexts rather than for modern industrial farming.

農耕(のうこう)を始(はじ)めた。

They began farming.

農耕(のうこう)民族(みんぞく)は土地(とち)に定住(ていじゅう)する。

Agricultural peoples settle on the land.

日本(にほん)では弥生時代(やよいじだい)に本格的(ほんかくてき)な農耕(のうこう)が広(ひろ)まった。

Full-scale agriculture spread in Japan during the Yayoi period.

Compound of 農(のう) (agriculture) + 耕(こう) (to till). Often appears in formal, historical, or compound contexts.

Common collocations

農耕(のうこう)民族(みんぞく): agricultural people
農耕(のうこう)文化(ぶんか): agrarian culture
農耕(のうこう)社会(しゃかい): agricultural society
農耕(のうこう)に従事(じゅうじ)する: to engage in farming

Similar words

農業(のうぎょう): agriculture (industry) — the more common modern term, includes livestock
耕作(こうさく): cultivation — narrower, focuses on working the field
農作業(のうさぎょう): farm work — the daily tasks themselves

Related Words

Compare: 農業(のうぎょう) (agriculture)

Compare: 耕作(こうさく) (cultivation)

Compare: 農作業(のうさぎょう) (farm work)

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