Related words 農業 is the ordinary, everyday word for farming or agriculture, while 農 is a terser, more formal or compound-forming form of the same idea.
農耕 emphasizes the actual tilling and cultivation of land, often in historical contexts, while 農 refers more broadly to farming or agriculture as a field.
Word family· 87 Show 25 more Show fewer agricultural land; farmland
agricultural community; farm village · rural
agricultural produce; farm products
agriculture and forestry
crops; agricultural produce
agricultural cooperative; farmers' co-op
dairy farming
farming; agriculture; cultivation
male farmer; farmhand; peasant
farm work; agricultural labor
farming method; agricultural technique
agriculture and fisheries
faculty of agriculture; department of agriculture
agricultural administration; agricultural policy
agricultural science; agronomy
serf
agricultural products; farm produce
farm road; agricultural road
farming; agriculture
agricultural affairs
farming implement; farm tool
agricultural machinery and equipment
agricultural university
farming; agriculture
taking up farming; entering agriculture
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Etymology Sino-Japanese のう reading of 農 , a kanji conventionally associated with farming and agriculture. No more specific historical derivation is asserted here.
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