Translation guide
A tiller is a lever used to steer a boat, or a person/thing that tills soil. This guide covers both meanings.
The handle or lever used to turn a boat's rudder.
Standard nautical term for a tiller.
彼は舵柄を握って船を操縦した。
He steered the boat by holding the tiller.
A farmer or laborer who prepares land for crops by plowing or cultivating.
General term for a cultivator or tiller of land.
彼は熱心な耕作者だ。
He is a dedicated tiller of the soil.
A mechanical device used to break up and turn over soil, such as a rototiller or cultivator.
Loanword from English, used in sailing contexts.
ティラーを引くと船が右に曲がる。
Pulling the tiller turns the boat to the right.
Farmer, often implying one who works the land.
農夫たちは春に畑を耕す。
The farmers till the fields in spring.
Power tiller or cultivator, commonly used in farming and gardening.
耕運機で畑を耕した。
I tilled the field with a tiller.
Loanword often used for garden tillers or rototillers.
小型のティラーを買って庭の土を耕した。
I bought a small tiller and tilled the garden soil.