農家
のうか · nouka (also spelled noka)
Farmer, farming family
- farmhouse
- School of Agrarianism (China), School of Agronomists
Other ways to say “farmer” in Japanese →
high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
How it’s used
Use for a farming family or household, not an individual laborer; common in news, agriculture, and rural contexts.
Often confused with 農民, but 農家 means the household or farm, while 農民 means the individual farmer or peasant.
Example sentences
私の農家は米を作っています。
My family farm grows rice.
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農家を継ぐつもりです。
I intend to take over the family farm.
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What does 農家 mean?
Farmer, farming family. It can also mean: farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China), School of Agronomists.
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のうか (nouka). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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