草原(そうげん)

そうげん
noun
grassland, prairie
naturegeography
1. grassland, prairie, meadow
A large open area of land covered primarily with grass and other low vegetation, with few or no trees.
草原(そうげん)に馬(うま)が走(はし)っている。
Horses are running across the grassland.
モンゴルの広大(こうだい)な草原(そうげん)を旅(たび)した。
I traveled through the vast grasslands of Mongolia.
草原(そうげん)には様々(さまざま)な野生(やせい)動物(どうぶつ)が住(す)んでいる。
Various wild animals live in the grasslands.
風(かぜ)が草原(そうげん)を吹(ふ)き抜(ぬ)けて、草(くさ)が波(なみ)のように揺(ゆ)れていた。
The wind blew across the grassland, and the grass swayed like waves.
大草原(だいそうげん)の中(なか)にぽつんと一本(いっぽん)の木(き)が立(た)っていて、その下(した)で羊飼(ひつじか)いが休(やす)んでいた。
A single tree stood alone in the vast prairie, and a shepherd was resting beneath it.

草原(そうげん) is a wide expanse of grass: the steppe, the prairie, an open alpine meadow.

Pronunciation

The same kanji read くさはら means a grassy field of ordinary size, such as a patch of grass by a river; 草(くさ)っ原(ぱら) is the casual form of that word.

Types

  • 大草原(だいそうげん): vast grassland/prairie
  • サバンナ: savanna
  • ステップ: steppe
  • 牧草地(ぼくそうち): pasture

Common collocations

Related words

Related Words

Related: 草(くさ) (grass, weeds, herbs (the general word for small plants))
Related: 森林(しんりん) (forest)
Related: 砂漠(さばく) (desert)
Related: 湿地(しっち) (wetland)
Related: 平野(へいや) (plain)
Compare: 草地(くさち) (grassland)
Compare: 平原(へいげん) (plain)
Compare: サバンナ (savanna)
Compare: 草(くさ)っ原(ぱら) (grassy patch)
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Added 2026.1.14 19:37 · Revised 2026.9.30 14:58
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