dairy product

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is らく, and no kun reading is listed. It has 13 strokes. It appears in words for dairy farming and the people who do that work.
• Basic usage: 酪農 is read らくのう, and 酪農家 is read らくのうか.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 酪農 / 酪農家
  • 酪農 means dairy farming and is read らくのう. It refers to raising dairy cattle and producing milk.
  • この地域では牛を育てる酪農が盛んだ。 means “Dairy farming is thriving in this region.”
  • 酪農家 means dairy farmer and is read らくのうか. It refers to a person who raises and tends dairy cattle.
  • 酪農家が夜明け前から牛の世話をしている。 means “The dairy farmer has been tending the cows since before dawn.”