Fallow - Kyukan

Japanese: 休閑 - きゅうかん
Fallow - Kyukan
〘 noun 〙① A state of idleness without work. ※Meiho Orai (mid-11th century?) Kamisue "The above person was unable to make the waves at dawn, leaving the land fallow for twenty -one days." ② In agriculture, the temporary cessation of crop cultivation and letting the cultivated land rest. This is done to fertilize the soil. Fallow.

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 仕事をしないひまな状態。※明衡往来(11C中か)上末「右某暁夕奔波不一日之休閑」② 農業で、一時作物の栽培を中止して耕作地を休ませること。地味を肥やすために行なう。休耕。

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