They project the meaning of the Chinese character "百" (hundred) of the term "hyakusho" onto the diversity of vocations and crops, and often defines people who engage in agriculture with such diversity are the "hyakusho."
彼らは生業や農作物の多様性に"百姓"の"百"の字義を投影し、しばしばこうした多様性を持った農業を行う者こそが"百姓"であると定義する。