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農民 (のうみん, noumin) Japanese meaning: farmer | Kotomora
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おも
に
米こめ
を
作つく
っ
て
いる
。
The farmers in this region mainly grow rice.
Farmers' lives are greatly affected by the weather.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 土と 地ち を 耕たがや す for a farmer to till the land
The farmers till the land early every morning.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 蜂ほう 起き する for peasants/farmers to rise up in revolt
The farmers, suffering under heavy taxes, rose up in revolt.
〈 人ひと 〉 を 支し 援えん する to support farmers (e.g. with subsidies or aid)
The government announced a policy to support poor farmers.
Kanji 民 people, nation, subjects Related words 農家 emphasizes the farming household or business, while 農民 focuses on the individual person engaged in agriculture.
百姓 is an older term for farmer that can sound derogatory or historical, whereas 農民 is the neutral modern word.
農夫 specifically means a male farmer doing manual field work, while 農民 is gender-neutral and covers the broader farming population.
Word family migrant worker from the countryside (in China)
agrarian revolt; peasant uprising
peasant literature; farmers' literature
Etymology Compound of 農 (agriculture) and 民 (people). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used since at least the Meiji period to refer to the farming population.
どう
agrarian movement; peasant movement
