Meaning

Primary

Agriculture

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

What's another way to call the farming business? If you encapsulated it into one word (assuming we're talking about plant farming, here), you could call it agriculture.

Reading

のうぎょう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 農業を行う

    to carry out farming

    農業をやる

    to do farming

    農業をする

    to do farming

Context Sentences

私たちの町では、米の農業をしてる人々が多いです。

In our town, there are many people who are farming rice.

農業はハードワークですが、国民の生活にとって大切です。

Agriculture is hard work, but it is important for people's lives.

アイルランドから、日本の農業の文化を学びに来ました。

I came from Ireland to learn about the culture of Japanese agriculture.

今、バイオダイナミックという農業の方法が人気です。

The agriculture method called Biodynamics is popular now.

Kanji Composition