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桑田 (souden) Japanese meaning: mulberry plantation | 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.