収穫祭

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 収穫祭 and read しゅうかくさい, it is a communal festival celebrating and giving thanks for the harvest.
• Basic usage: It is held in a village square and prepared for by children making decorative bundles of wheat.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Festival rather than harvesting work
  • It names the celebration of the harvest, not the agricultural act of gathering crops.