農 場(のうじょう)

のうじょう

noun

farm; plantation

geography nature

1. farm; plantation

A piece of land used for growing crops or raising livestock on a commercial or organized scale.

北海道(ほっかいどう)の農場(のうじょう)を訪(おとず)れた。

I visited a farm in Hokkaido.

この農場(のうじょう)では乳牛(にゅうぎゅう)を百頭(ひゃくとう)飼育(しいく)している。

This farm raises a hundred dairy cows.

祖父(そふ)が若(わか)い頃(ころ)に始(はじ)めた農場(のうじょう)を、今(いま)は父(ちち)が引(ひ)き継(つ)いで経営(けいえい)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(のう) (agriculture) + 場(じょう) (place).

Common collocations

農場(のうじょう)を経営(けいえい)する (run a farm)
農場(のうじょう)で働(はたら)く (work on a farm)
牧畜(ぼくちく)農場(のうじょう) (livestock farm)
観光(かんこう)農場(のうじょう) (tourist farm)

Similar words

農家(のうか) — farmhouse, or a farming household/family (focuses on the people)
牧場(ぼくじょう) — ranch, pasture (specifically for raising animals)
畑(はたけ) — field (a specific plot of cultivated land, smaller scale)
田(た)んぼ — rice paddy (specifically for rice cultivation)

Related Words

Compare: 農家(のうか) (farmhouse, or a farming household/family)

Compare: 牧場(ぼくじょう) (ranch, pasture)

Compare: 畑(はたけ) (field)

Compare: 田(た)んぼ (rice paddy)

Compare: 農園(のうえん) (farm)

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Added 2026.3.30 4:17 · Revised 2026.9.12 2:04

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