Meaning

Primary

To Till

Alternatives

To Plow, To Cultivate

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means plow, so the verb version is to plow or to till.

Reading

たがやす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn this reading yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You need to till your land because you want to have a tiger yard (たがや). That's either when you have a yard full of live tigers, or you plant bushes and shape them into tigers. I hope it's the second kind of tiger yard. Either way, you have to plow the land to get it ready.

Context

Context Sentences

この機械で畑を耕すんですよ。

I’ll plow the field with this machine.

Kanji Composition