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
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