Translation guide
The act of putting plants, seeds, or trees into the ground. This guide covers common Japanese expressions for planting in gardening, farming, and forestry contexts.
To express the action of putting plants or seeds into soil for cultivation.
The most common verb for planting seedlings, bulbs, or young plants. Transitive.
I plant flower seedlings in spring.
Specifically for sowing seeds. Literally 'scatter seeds'.
To plant firmly, often used for transplanting seedlings or setting plants into the ground. Slightly more technical.
Agricultural term for planting crops on a large scale. Often used in farming contexts.
To express planting trees, shrubs, or larger plants, often for landscaping or forestry.
Formal term for tree planting, often used in environmental or public projects.
To express planting in pots, planters, or other containers.
Standard phrase for planting in a flowerpot.
To express planting in a metaphorical sense, such as planting ideas, evidence, or spies.
畑に野菜の種をまきました。
I sowed vegetable seeds in the field.
I planted tomato seedlings in the field.
今年の作付け計画を立てる。
We make a planting plan for this year.
A tree-planting festival was held in the park.
Everyday phrase for planting a tree. Uses the general verb 植える.
I want to plant a cherry tree in the garden.
Specifically planting a sapling or young tree.
I participated in an activity to plant cedar saplings on the mountain.
I plant herbs in pots and keep them in the kitchen.
For planting in a planter box.
I planted flowers in the planter on the balcony.
Used figuratively to mean instilling ideas, feelings, or habits.
Education that instills the importance of nature in children.
Can mean to plant a spy or secretly install something. Colloquial.
To plant a spy in an organization.
Literary or poetic term for planting deeply, sometimes used figuratively.
To plant memories in one's heart.
Correct: sow seeds
植える is general planting. 植え付ける emphasizes the action of setting into the ground firmly, often used in agriculture or when transplanting.