1.
fields, farmland
A collective term encompassing both rice paddies (田) and dry fields (畑). Refers to agricultural land in general.
田畑を耕す。
To cultivate the fields.
台風で田畑が大きな被害を受けた。
The farmland suffered extensive damage from the typhoon.
都市化が進み、昔ながらの田畑がどんどん減っている。
As urbanization progresses, traditional farmland is steadily decreasing.
KANJI NOTE:
A compound of 田 (rice paddy) + 畑 (dry field/vegetable field). Together they mean "farmland" in the broadest sense, covering all types of cultivated land.
USAGE:
Often used in contexts about rural life, agriculture, or land use. Common in news about natural disasters affecting agricultural areas, urban development encroaching on farmland, and descriptions of countryside landscapes.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 田畑を耕す: to cultivate the fields
- 田畑を荒らす: to lay waste to farmland
- 田畑が広がる: fields spread out