Translation guide
The English word "crop" has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common uses: agricultural plants, a harvested yield, a short haircut, and the verb meaning to cut short. It also touches on less common meanings like a whip, a bird's crop, and the verb meaning to appear unexpectedly.
A plant grown for food or other products, often on a large scale.
General term for cultivated plants or agricultural produce. Can refer to crops in the field or after harvest.
The crops are doing well this year.
Rice is the main crop in this region.
Specifically agricultural crops; emphasizes farming context.
The typhoon caused extensive damage to crops.
Refers specifically to grain crops like wheat, rice, corn, etc.
Grain prices are rising.
The amount of a crop produced in a season; the harvest.
Harvest or yield. Can refer to the act of harvesting or the amount harvested.
This year's wheat crop was abundant.
Yield or output, often used in agricultural or economic contexts.
Crop condition or harvest quality; somewhat formal.
A hairstyle where the hair is cut very short and evenly.
A short, even haircut; often a buzz cut or crew cut. Literally "mowed up".
I always get a crop cut in the summer.
A specific style: flat-top or box cut, where the top is flat and sides are short.
Descriptive phrase: "hair cut short". Not a specific style name.
His cropped hair looks cool.
To cut something short, especially hair, grass, or plants.
To cut (grass, hair, crops). General verb for cropping or mowing.
To crop the lawn.
I had my hair cropped short.
To cut short, trim, or curtail. Can be used for hair, budgets, etc.
To prune or trim plants, especially trees and shrubs. More specific than general cropping.
To crop the garden trees.
A short whip used in horse riding.
A pouch in a bird's throat where food is stored before digestion.
The crop of a bird. Technical/biological term.
The bird's crop is full of food.
To appear or happen unexpectedly; to crop up.
作物 (sakumotsu) refers to crops collectively or as a category. For a single plant, use 植物 (shokubutsu) or the specific plant name.
This plant is a tomato.
収穫 (shūkaku) is the harvest or yield, while 作物 (sakumotsu) is the crop itself. Use 収穫 when talking about the amount gathered or the act of harvesting.
The farmers are harvesting the crops.
She got a stylish crop.
I need to crop this photo.
For image cropping, use トリミングする (trimming suru) or 切り取る (kiritoru).
The harvest season is approaching.
今年の米の出来高は平年並みだ。
This year's rice crop is about average.
作柄は天候に左右される。
The crop yield depends on the weather.
彼は角刈りがよく似合う。
He looks good with a flat-top crop.
To crop one's hair.
He applied the crop to the horse.
A new problem cropped up.