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段々畑 (だんだんばたけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

段だん々だん畑ばたけ

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Meanings

1

noun

terraced fields; terraced farm

Refers to agricultural fields cut into steps on a slope, typically for dry-field crops. The term is straightforward and descriptive.

山やまの斜しゃ面めんに段だん々だん畑ばたけが広ひろがっている。
Terraced fields spread across the mountain slope.
この地ち域いきでは段だん々だん畑ばたけで茶ちゃを栽

さい

培ばい

し

て

いる

。

In this region, they grow tea on terraced fields.

Written forms

段だん々だん畑ばたけ
Standard kanji spelling using 段々 (terraced) and 畑 (dry field).
だんだん畑ばたけ
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the kana part だんだん is a common way to write the reduplicated element.
段だん段だん畑ばたけ
Non-reduplicated kanji form; less common than 段々畑.
段だん々だん畠ばたけ
Variant using 畠 (hatake), an alternative character for dry field.
段だん段だん畠ばたけ
Rare combination of non-reduplicated kanji and 畠.

Kanji

段grade, steps, stairs
畑farm, field, garden
畠field, farm, garden

Similar words

棚たな田だ
棚田 specifically refers to terraced rice paddies (wet fields), while 段々畑 is used for dry fields.

Etymology

Compound of 段々 (だんだん, 'steps, terraced') and 畑 (はたけ, 'dry field'), with rendaku voicing はたけ → ばたけ.