(のうち)

のうち
noun
farmland; agricultural land
1. farmland; agricultural land; cultivated land
Land used for farming, including both crop fields and pastures.
農地(のうち)(たがや)す。
To cultivate farmland.
農地(のうち)住宅地(じゅうたくち)()わっていく。
Farmland is being turned into residential areas.
高齢化(こうれいか)(にな)()()り、耕作(こうさく)放棄(ほうき)された農地(のうち)年々(ねんねん)()えている。
As the population ages and the number of farmers declines, the amount of abandoned farmland is increasing year by year.

Compound of (のう) (agriculture) + () (land).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 農地(のうち)改革(かいかく) (agrarian reform)
  • 農地(のうち)転用(てんよう)する (to convert farmland to other use)
  • 耕作(こうさく)放棄(ほうき)農地(のうち) (abandoned farmland)
  • 農地(のうち)(ほう) (Agricultural Land Act)

USAGE NOTE:
農地(のうち) is a neutral, semi-formal term used in news, policy, and legal contexts. In everyday speech, (はたけ) (field for crops) or ()んぼ (rice paddy) are more common for referring to specific types of farmland.