荒野(こうや)

こうや
noun
wilderness; wasteland
1. wilderness; wasteland; barren land
An uncultivated, desolate area with little vegetation.
荒野(こうや)に花(はな)が咲(さ)いた。
Flowers bloomed in the wasteland.
荒野(こうや)を一人(ひとり)で旅(たび)する。
To travel alone through the wilderness.
広大(こうだい)な荒野(こうや)が広(ひろ)がっている。
A vast wilderness stretches out.

荒野(こうや) describes desolate, uncultivated wilderness or wasteland.

KANJI BREAKDOWN:
荒(こう) (wild, rough) + 野(や) (field, plain)

ALTERNATE READINGS:

  • こうや (most common)
  • あらの (literary)
  • あれの (archaic)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

METAPHORICAL USE:
Used figuratively to describe emotional desolation or a difficult, lonely situation.

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Related Words

Synonym: 原野(げんや) (wilderness, plains)
Related: 砂漠(さばく) (desert)
Related: 荒(あ)れ地(ち) (wasteland)
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Added 2026.1.16 17:15 · Revised 2026.6.16 21:23
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