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沃野 (よくや) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

沃よく野や

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Meanings

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noun

fertile plain; rich fields

Literary term for a broad area of fertile land; not used in everyday conversation.

その沃よく野やはどこまでも続つづいていた。
The fertile plain stretched on endlessly.

Kanji

沃fertility
野plains, field, rustic

Similar words

肥ひ沃よく
肥沃 is an adjective meaning 'fertile' (of soil), while 沃野 is a noun referring to the fertile land itself.

Etymology

Composed of 沃 (fertile, rich) and 野 (field, plain). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound is used in literary Chinese and classical Japanese.