灌かん漑がい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

灌漑する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the artificial supply of water to land or crops. Used both as a noun and with する to mean 'to irrigate'.

〈場ば所しょ〉を灌かん漑がいするto irrigate a place (field, land, etc.)
この地ち域いきの田た畑はたは近ちかくの川かわから灌かん漑がいされている。
The fields in this area are irrigated from the nearby river.
灌かん漑がいを行おこなうto carry out irrigation
農のう家かは毎まい朝あさ早はやくに灌かん漑がいを行おこなう。
The farmers carry out irrigation early every morning.
灌かん漑がい設せつ備びirrigation facilities/equipment
政せい府ふはその村むらに灌かん漑がい設せつ備びを導どう入にゅうした。
The government introduced irrigation facilities to the village.

水みずやり
灌漑 is the technical term for large-scale agricultural water supply, while 水やり is the everyday word for watering plants or a garden.
灌かん水すい
灌水 is a narrower technical term for applying water to crops or soil, whereas 灌漑 covers whole irrigation systems and larger-scale water management.
水すい利り
灌漑 refers specifically to irrigating farmland, whereas 水利 is the broader concept of managing and using water for irrigation, drinking, and industry.

排はい水すいN1
灌漑 means supplying water to land, while 排水 means draining water away from it.

感かん慨がいN1
灌漑 (irrigation) and 感慨 (a deep, heartfelt emotion) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings.
干かん害がい
灌漑 (irrigation, supplying water) and 干害 (drought damage) sound exactly the same but mean opposite kinds of things regarding water.

灌かん漑がいUsage74%
Standard kanji form; the first character is the more common choice for 'irrigation'.
かんがいUsage20%
潅かん漑がいUsage6%
Variant kanji form using a simplified first character; also common in news and general use.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 灌 (pour, irrigate) and 漑 (irrigate), both carrying the meaning of watering land.