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農家

のうか

farmer, farming household

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Examples

  1. 農家から野菜を直接買った。

    のうかからやさいをちょくせつかった。

    I bought vegetables directly from a farmer.

  2. 祖父は農家だ。

    そふはのうかだ。

    My grandfather is a farmer.

  3. この地域には米を作る農家が多い。

    このちいきにはこめをつくるのうかがおおい。

    There are many rice-growing farms in this area.

  4. 兄は会社を辞めて農家を継いだ。

    あにはかいしゃをやめてのうかをついだ。

    My older brother quit his company job and took over the family farm.

Common patterns

農家を継ぐ
to take over the family farm
兼業農家
part-time farming household
農家の出身
from a farming family

Memory tip

The 家 is literal: 農家 counts the household and its farm as a unit, which is why you can 継ぐ (inherit) one. For the individual person as a worker, 農民 or 農業をしている人 is closer.

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