田(た)

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noun

rice field, paddy

1. rice field, paddy

A flooded field used for growing rice. One of the most iconic elements of the Japanese rural landscape.

田(た)に水(みず)を入(い)れる。

To flood the rice field with water.

春(はる)になると、田(た)に稲(いね)を植(う)える。

When spring comes, we plant rice in the paddy.

この地域(ちいき)では、田(た)が広(ひろ)がっている。

Rice fields stretch out across this region.

READING VARIANTS:

田(た): The standalone noun form
田んぼ(たんぼ): Common informal variant meaning 'rice paddy'

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

水田(すいでん) (wet rice field)
田畑(たはた) (fields, rice paddies and dry fields)
田植え(たうえ) (rice planting)

CULTURAL NOTE: Rice paddies (田(た)) are central to Japanese agriculture and culture. The character 田(た) appears in many family names (田中(たなか), 山田(やまだ), 池田(いけだ)) and place names.

Related Words

Related: 田んぼ(たんぼ) (informal)

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Added 2026.1.12 23:46 · Revised 2026.5.25 23:40

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