水田(すいでん)

すいでん
noun
rice paddy; paddy field
formaltechnicalgeography
1. rice paddy; paddy field; wet-rice field
A flooded field used for cultivating rice. The defining feature is that the field is intentionally filled with water during the growing season. A central element of Japanese rural landscapes.
水田(すいでん)に水(みず)を張(は)る。
To fill the rice paddies with water.
車窓(しゃそう)から広大(こうだい)な水田(すいでん)が見(み)えた。
Vast rice paddies were visible from the train window.
日本(にほん)の水田(すいでん)面積(めんせき)は、農業(のうぎょう)の近代化(きんだいか)とともに減少(げんしょう)し続(つづ)けている。
The area of rice paddies in Japan has been continuously decreasing with the modernization of agriculture.

Usage

水田(すいでん) is the formal/written term for rice paddies. The everyday word is 田(た)んぼ (rice paddy). 水田(すいでん) is used in news, academic, and agricultural contexts. It contrasts with 畑(はたけ) (dry field) and 田畑(たはた) (fields in general). The character 水(すい) (water) distinguishes it as a wet-cultivation field.

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Related Words

Synonym: 田(た)んぼ (rice paddy (everyday))
Compare: 畑(はたけ) (dry field)
Related: 灌漑(かんがい) (irrigation)
Related: 稲作(いなさく) (rice cultivation, rice farming)
Compare: 稲田(いなだ) (rice paddy)
Compare: 水稲(すいとう) (paddy rice)
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