1.
farmland; agricultural land; cultivated land
Land used for farming, including both crop fields and pastures.
農地を耕す。
To cultivate farmland.
農地が住宅地に変わっていく。
Farmland is being turned into residential areas.
高齢化で担い手が減り、耕作放棄された農地が年々増えている。
As the population ages and the number of farmers declines, the amount of abandoned farmland is increasing year by year.
Compound of 農 (agriculture) + 地 (land).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 農地改革 (agrarian reform)
- 農地を転用する (to convert farmland to other use)
- 耕作放棄農地 (abandoned farmland)
- 農地法 (Agricultural Land Act)
USAGE NOTE:
農地 is a neutral, semi-formal term used in news, policy, and legal contexts. In everyday speech, 畑 (field for crops) or 田んぼ (rice paddy) are more common for referring to specific types of farmland.