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刈り入れる (かりいれる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

刈かり入いれる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used for cutting and gathering mature crops, especially grains. Often implies bringing the harvest into storage.

秋あきになると、農のう家かは稲いねを刈かり入いれる。
In autumn, farmers harvest the rice.
小こ麦むぎを刈かり入

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時じ

期き

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The time to reap the wheat is approaching.

Written forms

刈かり入いれるUsage67%
Standard kanji spelling for harvesting crops.
かりいれるUsage20%
刈かり入いれるUsage13%
Variant spelling without okurigana り; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

刈reap, cut, clip
入enter, insert

Similar words

収しゅう穫かくする
収穫する is a more general term for harvesting any crop, while 刈り入れる specifically emphasizes cutting and gathering, often for grains.
刈かる
刈る means to cut or mow, but does not necessarily include the gathering or storing aspect that 刈り入れる implies.

Etymology

Compound of 刈り (kari, the continuative form of 刈る 'to cut, mow') and 入れる (ireru 'to put in'), literally 'to cut and put in', referring to the process of harvesting and storing crops.