Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 農のう 業ぎょう を 営いとな む for someone to run a farming business
My grandfather has been running a farm for many years.
農のう 業ぎょう に 従じゅう 事じ する to be engaged in agriculture as one's occupation
Most of the residents of this village are engaged in agriculture.
農のう 業ぎょう が 盛さか んだ for agriculture to be thriving (in a region)
Agriculture is thriving in this region.
農のう 業ぎょう を 始はじ める to start farming as a new venture
He quit his company job and started farming.
Kanji 業 business, vocation, arts Related words· 12 農業 is the activity or industry of farming, while 農家 refers to a farming household or the farmer themselves.
農業 is agriculture as practical work or an industry, whereas 農学 is the academic study of agricultural science.
農業 refers broadly to farming as an industry or occupation, while 農作業 refers to the concrete daily tasks of farm labor.
農業 refers broadly to farming as an industry or activity, while 農法 refers specifically to the method or technique used in farming.
Show 8 more Show fewer 農業 refers to agriculture as an industry or occupation, while 農耕 emphasizes the actual act of tilling and cultivating land.
農業 is the everyday word for farming or agriculture, while 営農 is a more formal term stressing the business or operational side of farming.
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.
農業 refers to farming and crop/livestock production, while 林業 specifically refers to the management and harvesting of forests.
農業 refers only to agriculture, while 農林 groups agriculture together with forestry as a combined sector.
農業 is the whole industry of agriculture, while 耕作 specifically refers to the physical act of cultivating land.
農業 refers to large-scale agriculture for food production, while 園芸 is smaller-scale cultivation of garden plants, often as a hobby or specialized craft.
農業 is general agriculture including crops, whereas 酪農 is the specialized branch of raising cattle for milk.
Word family· 39 agricultural country; agrarian nation
farmer; agriculturalist
dairy farming industry
horticultural agriculture
organic farming; organic agriculture
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Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 農 means agriculture or farming, and 業 means work, trade, or industry. The compound straightforwardly denotes the work or industry of farming.
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