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農薬 (nouyaku) Japanese meaning: agricultural chemical | Kotomora
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We switched to organic farming to reduce the use of agricultural chemicals.
These vegetables are grown without pesticides.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 農のう 薬やく をまく to spray pesticide on (a crop)
No pesticide has been sprayed on these vegetables.
農のう 薬やく を 使し 用よう する to use agricultural chemicals
This farm uses almost no agricultural chemicals.
〈 物もの 〉 から 農のう 薬やく が 検けん 出しゅつ される pesticide residue is detected in (something)
Pesticide residue was detected in the imported vegetables.
農のう 薬やく の 使し 用よう を 減へ らす to reduce the use of agricultural chemicals
Kanji 薬 medicine, chemical, enamel Related words 殺虫剤 refers specifically to insecticide, whereas 農薬 is the broader umbrella term covering insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other farm chemicals.
除草剤 means herbicide specifically, while 農薬 also covers insecticides, fungicides, and other agricultural chemicals beyond weed killers.
Don't confuse with 肥料 is fertilizer added to nourish plants, while 農薬 is a chemical used to kill pests, weeds, or disease, not to feed the crop.
農薬 (agricultural pesticide) shares the kanji 薬 with 麻薬 (narcotic) but refers to a completely unrelated chemical product used in farming.
Word family reduction in agricultural chemical use; low-pesticide
pesticide-free; organic; non-chemical
pesticide residue; agrochemical residues
Etymology Compound of 農 (agriculture) and 薬 (chemical, drug). The term emerged with modern agricultural practices.
Efforts to reduce agricultural chemical use for the sake of the environment are progressing.
reduced-pesticide rice; rice grown with fewer agricultural chemicals
pesticide spraying; crop-dusting