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Agriculture, Farming

JLPT N3

Interesting Fact

Rice farming has shaped Japanese culture for over 2,000 years. The kanji 農 appears in words like 農業 (agriculture) and 農家 (farmer's family).

Memory Trick

Imagine a FARMER planting rice seedlings in a muddy field under the sun. That hard work is 農.

Readings

Onyomi: ノウ (nou)

Kunyomi:

Example Words

農業
のうぎょう (nougyou)
Agriculture
農家
のうか (nouka)
Farmer
農場
のうじょう (noujou)
Farm
農産物
のうさんぶつ (nousanbutsu)
Agricultural products

Example Sentence

祖父は 農業を しています。

そふは のうぎょうを しています。

sofu wa nougyou o shiteimasu

My grandfather is a farmer.

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