1.
farm; plantation
A piece of land used for growing crops or raising livestock on a commercial or organized scale.
北海道の農場を訪れた。
I visited a farm in Hokkaido.
この農場では乳牛を百頭飼育している。
This farm raises a hundred dairy cows.
祖父が若い頃に始めた農場を、今は父が引き継いで経営している。
My father now runs the farm that my grandfather started when he was young.
Refers to an organized, typically large-scale agricultural operation. Composed of 農 (agriculture) + 場 (place).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 農場を経営する (run a farm)
- 農場で働く (work on a farm)
- 牧畜農場 (livestock farm)
- 観光農場 (tourist farm)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 農家 — farmhouse, or a farming household/family (focuses on the people)
- 牧場 — ranch, pasture (specifically for raising animals)
- 畑 — field (a specific plot of cultivated land, smaller scale)
- 田んぼ — rice paddy (specifically for rice cultivation)