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Kotomora

野

plains, field, rustic, civilian life

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 200Strokes11

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

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  • 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

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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.