耕作 (こうさく): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

耕作 (こうさく) means cultivation / farming.

See example sentences below.

耕作 at a glance

耕作

こうさくkousaku

N1noun

cultivation / farming

耕作こうさくkousakuN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

cultivation / farming

Example 1

田んぼで米の耕作を始めた。

Translation

I started cultivating rice in the paddy field.

Example 2

耕作地が自然災害でだめになった。

Translation

The farmland was ruined by a natural disaster.