Translation guide
The English word "field" covers many distinct concepts. This guide breaks them down into practical meanings and shows how to express each naturally in Japanese.
A piece of open land, especially for farming or sports.
Refers to a cultivated field for crops like vegetables or grains. Not for rice paddies.
He grows vegetables in the field.
Specifically a rice paddy field. Very common in rural Japan.
They irrigate the rice fields.
An open field or meadow, often uncultivated, with grass and wildflowers.
The children are playing in the field.
A sports ground or field, like a baseball field or school playground.
They practice on the baseball field.
Often used in place names or literary contexts for a plain or field.
Walk through the spring fields.
A particular branch of study or sphere of activity.
The most common and versatile word for an academic or professional field.
He is famous in the field of physics.
Often used for a domain or area of knowledge, slightly more formal than 分野.
Means one's specialty or major field. Often used for personal expertise.
Refers to an industry or business field.
A place where practical work is done, away from the office or lab.
A space in a form or database for entering data.
The area visible or covered by something.
A region in which a force (magnetic, electric, gravitational) operates.
All the competitors or horses in a race.
The background of a picture, flag, or coat of arms.
The English word "field" is very broad. Do not assume a single Japanese word covers all meanings. Always choose based on the specific context.
畑 (hatake) is for dry fields (vegetables, wheat), while 田んぼ (tanbo) is for flooded rice paddies. Using the wrong one can cause confusion.
He is an expert in his field.
The children ran across the field.
この研究は新しい領域を開拓した。
This research opened up a new field.
私の専門は経済学です。
My field is economics.
IT業界で働いている。
I work in the IT field.
フィールドワークでデータを集める。
Collect data through field work.
このフィールドには数字を入力してください。
Please enter a number in this field.
This camera has a wide field of view.
Measure the strength of the electric field.
Study the theory of gravitational fields.
絵の背景に青い空を描いた。
I painted a blue sky in the field of the picture.