農民

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 農民 (のうみん) means a person engaged in farming. 農民たち forms a plural agent, while 農民の暮らし links farmers to their way of life.
• Basic usage: The first example presents farmers jointly managing a waterway; the second depicts the life of farmers who protect their land.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Farmers as managers and farmers' life as subject matter
  • Plural element たち creates the acting group; の links people to their lives. The direct object in the second sentence is 暮らし, not the farmers themselves.