畑(はたけ)

はたけ
noun
field, farm
1. field, farm plot
A piece of land used for growing vegetables, fruits, or other non-rice crops. Different from a rice paddy.
畑(はたけ)で野菜(やさい)を作(つく)っています。
I grow vegetables in the field.
おじいさんは毎日(まいにち)畑(はたけ)に行(い)きます。
Grandfather goes to the field every day.
畑(はたけ)の仕事(しごと)は大変(たいへん)です。
Farm work is hard.

畑(はたけ) refers to dry fields used for growing vegetables, fruits, and other non-rice crops.

CONTRAST WITH 田(た)んぼ:

  • 畑(はたけ): dry field (vegetables, wheat, etc.)
  • 田(た)んぼ/田(た): wet paddy field (rice)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 畑(はたけ)を耕(たがや)す: to cultivate a field
  • 畑(はたけ)仕事(しごと): farm work
  • 野菜(やさい)畑(ばたけ): vegetable garden
  • 花(はな)畑(ばたけ): flower field

READINGS:

  • 畑(はたけ): standalone or beginning of compound
  • ～畑(ばたけ): when following another word (rendaku)

FIGURATIVE USE:
畑(はたけ) can also mean "field" as in area of expertise: 専門(せんもん)畑(ばたけ) (one's specialty).

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Added 2026.1.7 21:34 · Revised 2026.2.19 10:55
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