青あお田た刈がり

noun

harvesting rice while still green

Literal agricultural term: cutting rice before it is fully ripe, often out of necessity.

• 今年ことしは台たい風ふうが来くる前まえに青あお田た刈がりをした。

  This year we harvested the rice while it was still green before the typhoon came.

noun

early recruitment of students; poaching graduates before the official start date

Figurative business term: companies recruiting university students before the agreed-upon start of the job-hunting season. Often used critically.

See also: 青田買い (あおたがい)

• 大おお手て企き業ぎょうによる青あお田た刈がりが問もん題だいになっている。

  Early recruitment of students by major companies has become a problem.