1A person or family who farms; a farmer or farming household.
彼の家は代々農家で、今でも米作りを続けている。
His family has been farmers for generations and still grows rice.
新しく独立した農家が無農薬の野菜を市場に出している。
A newly established farming family is selling pesticide-free vegetables at the market.
多くの農家は天候によって収入が左右されやすい。
Many farmers' incomes are easily affected by the weather.
2A farmhouse; the house where a farming family lives and works.
古い農家を改装して民宿にした。
I renovated an old farmhouse into a guesthouse.
積雪で農家までの道が完全に閉ざされた。
The road to the farmhouse was completely blocked by snow.
3A historical term referring to the Chinese School of Agrarianism (a school that emphasized agriculture and peasants).
資料によれば、漢代には『農家』と呼ばれる学派が存在したとされる。
According to records, in the Han dynasty there was a school called 'Nongjia' (the School of Agrarianism).