野
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings
On'yomi
- ヤ
- ショ
Kun'yomi
- の
- の-
Nanori
- ずけ
- つけ
- ぬ
Meaning
野 centers on open, untamed land: plains and fields, and by extension the rustic, non-urban life of civilians away from officialdom.
Most common words using 野
24 of 470- 野球やきゅうN5
baseball
- 分野ぶんやN3
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
- 野菜やさいN5
vegetable
- 野郎やろう
guy; fellow; chap; buddy
- 野のN3
field; plain
- 大野おおの
large field
- 野生やせいN1
wild
- 平野へいやN2
plain; open field
- 野党やとうN2
opposition party; the opposition
- 視野しやN2
field of vision; view
- 野外やがいN1
outdoors; outside; open air
- 野獣やじゅう
wild beast; wild animal; brute
- 下野げや
resigning from (public) office
- 外野がいや
outfield
- 荒野こうや
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land
- 内野ないや
infield; diamond
- 野望やぼう
ambition; aspiration
- 野心やしんN1
ambition; aspiration
- 野蛮やばんN1
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
- 野原のはらN1
field; plain; prairie; moor
- 牧野ぼくや
pasture land; ranch
- 野放しのばなし
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose
- 野鳥やちょう
wild bird
- 野中のなか
in the middle of a field
Study
Etymology
野 combines 里 (village, ri) and 予 (a phonetic element). The character originally referred to land outside the village, i.e., fields or plains.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 里 suggests a village, and the right side 予 looks like a stretching hand. Picture a hand reaching out from the village into the open plains beyond.
Reading mnemonic
For ヤ, imagine a yak grazing on the open plains: yak -> ヤ, and the yak roams the rustic fields.