Moyai (Saigou) - Moyai

Japanese: もやい(催合) - もやい
Moyai (Saigou) - Moyai
A task or project undertaken by multiple people working together. When specifically referring to joint work, it is called moyai shigoto. It is not joint work in which labor is provided or exchanged, but rather involves pooling labor to carry out an independent task or project, such as working together to cultivate wasteland or plant trees in the mountains. It also carries the meaning of distributing the fruits equally. Until recently, moyai was popular in fishing. In particular, much of beach seine fishing was moyai. Japan's traditional joint work included tetsudai (help), in which labor was provided unilaterally, yui (tie), in which labor was exchanged, and this moyai, of which moyai is the most communal of the three.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
複数の人間が共同して作業や事業を行うこと。とくに共同作業に限定した場合はモヤイシゴトという。労力を提供したり,交換して行う共同労働ではなく,労力を出し合って一つの独立した作業や事業をするもので,共同して荒地を開墾したり,山に植林したりするのがそれである。そこには成果を平等に分配するという意味も込められている。モヤイが近年まで盛んに行われていたのは漁業である。とくに地引網漁は多くがモヤイであった。日本の伝統的な共同労働には労力を一方的に提供するテツダイ(手伝い),労力を交換するユイ(結),そしてこのモヤイがあったが,そのなかで最も共同性が強い。

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