桑くわ摘つみ

noun

picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers

Refers to the activity of harvesting mulberry leaves, typically for silkworm cultivation, or to the people who do this work. The context is usually agricultural or historical.

• 春はるになると、村むらでは桑くわ摘つみが始はじまる。

  When spring comes, mulberry-leaf picking begins in the village.

• 昔むかしは子こ供どもたちも桑くわ摘つみを手伝てつだった。

  In the old days, children also helped with picking mulberry leaves.