harvest

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 穫 has 18 strokes and denotes harvesting crops.
• Basic usage: 収穫 is read しゅうかく, and 収穫量 is read しゅうかくりょう.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Harvests from crops and gains from experience
  • ジャガイモを収穫した means harvesting potatoes.
  • 大きな収穫だ means a major gain.
  • The expression can also describe an outcome such as making friends during a trip.
  • 収穫量が伸びなかった means that the yield did not increase.
  • Here, 伸びなかった indicates a lack of increase, not a complete absence of a harvest.