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plateau; highlands
A flat elevated area of land at high altitude.
高原の空気は澄んでいる。
The air in the highlands is clear.
夏は高原で過ごす。
I spend summer in the highlands.
高原リゾートに行く。
To go to a highland resort.
高原 refers to a plateau or highland - a flat elevated area of land at high altitude.
KANJI BREAKDOWN:
高 (high) + 原 (plain, field) = high plain/plateau
FAMOUS JAPANESE HIGHLANDS:
- 軽井沢高原: Karuizawa plateau (Nagano)
- 阿蘇高原: Aso highlands (Kumamoto)
- 八ヶ岳高原: Yatsugatake highlands
- 那須高原: Nasu highlands
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 高原野菜: highland vegetables (cooler climate produce)
- 高原リゾート: highland resort
- 高原の空気: highland air
- 高原牧場: highland pasture/ranch
GEOGRAPHY TERMS:
- 平野: plain (lowland)
- 盆地: basin
- 山地: mountainous area