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02:07 May 3, 2008 |
Japanese to English translations [PRO] Forestry / Wood / Timber | |||||||
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4 | break up the soil, cultivate, till |
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1 | soil surface plowing |
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break up the soil, cultivate, till Explanation: I wonder if there is any intention in using this rather awkward Japanese expression. I would just say, 耕す. Anyway, as there are a few different say it in Japanese, there are a few possibilities in English. Just because the original uses multriple words, I would probably say "break up the soil." I myself have't seen "till" used as it is very often. But the tool is called a tiller, and the action is tilling. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 mins (2008-05-03 02:40:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops, sorry for some missing words and typo. "different ways to say it" and "multiple," I mean... |
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soil surface plowing Explanation: just a guess -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 40 mins (2008-05-03 02:47:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsam/yogoshu/koun.csv I think this is one of 農林水産省用語 [PDF] 英日特殊用語対訳リスト ファイルタイプ: PDF/Adobe Acrobat plowing for turning of soil layers 反転耕{農林水産用語}. plumber's tape シールテープ、密封テープ{管工事用語}. pneumococcic pneumonia 肺炎菌性 .... soil surface 地表{農林水産用語}. soil-exhaustive plant 地力消耗植物{農林水産用語} ... web.thn.jp/fujioka/unique.pdf - 関連ページ 'soil surface tillage' is an alternative. http://homepage2.nifty.com/rol/okuni_3.html |
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