Plants & farming

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#1

Meaning

to raise, to grow up

Components

Example words
そだてる

to raise, to bring up

きょういく

education

たいいく

physical education

#2

Meaning

to plant

Components

Example words
える

to plant

しょくぶつ

plant, vegetation

rice planting

#3

Meaning

root; root cause

Components

Example words
だいこん

daikon radish

roof

#4

Meaning

leaf

Components

Example words
っぱ

leaf (casual)

fallen leaves

こと

word, language

#5

Meaning

fruit, nut; truth, real

Components

Example words

harvest, fruition

じつりょく

real ability

じつ

fact

#6

Meaning

to fall, to drop

Components

Example words
ちる

to fall, to drop

とす

to drop, to let fall

fallen leaves

#7

Meaning

green

Components

Example words
みどりいろ

green (color)

しんりょく

fresh spring greenery

#8

Meaning

field (dry crops)

Components

Note

A kokuji (kanji made in Japan), so it has no on'yomi.

Example words
はたけごと

farm work

はた

fields (paddies and dry fields)

はなばたけ

flower field

#9

Meaning

agriculture, farming

Components

Example words
のうぎょう

agriculture

のう

farmer, farmhouse

のうみん

farmer, peasant

#10

Meaning

bitter; suffering, hardship

Components

Example words
にが

bitter (taste)

くるしい

painful, hard to bear

ろう

hardship, toil

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