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桑田 (そうでん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

桑そう田でん

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Meanings

1

mulberry plantation

Refers to a field or plantation where mulberry trees are grown, typically for sericulture (silkworm raising).

この地ち域いきには広こう大だいな桑そう田でんが広ひろがって

いる

。

Vast mulberry plantations spread across this region.

Expressions

桑そう田でん滄そう海かいthe world is ever-changing; vicissitudes of life
桑そう田でん碧へき海かいthe world is constantly changing
滄そう海かい桑そう田でんthe world is in constant flux; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
桑そう田でん変へんじて滄そう海かいとなるthe world is in constant flux; mulberry fields turn into blue seas

Kanji

桑mulberry
田rice field, rice paddy

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 桑, “mulberry,” and 田, “field,” meaning a field planted with mulberry trees.