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田作 (でんさく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

田でん作さく

Meanings

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noun

rice-field tilling; paddy cultivation

Refers to the act of tilling or cultivating rice fields. A somewhat technical or agricultural term.

田でん作さくの時じ期きになると、村むら中じゅうが忙いそがしくなる。
When the rice-field tilling season comes, the whole village gets busy.

Kanji

田rice field, rice paddy
作make, production, prepare

Similar words

耕こう作さく
耕作 is a broader term for cultivation or farming in general, while 田作 specifically refers to tilling rice paddies.
田た植うえ
田植え refers to rice planting (transplanting seedlings), a later stage than the tilling denoted by 田作.

Etymology

Compound of 田 (ta, 'rice field') and 作 (saku, 'cultivate, make'). The reading でんさく uses the on'yomi of both characters.