noun
arable land; farmland; cultivated land
General term for land used for growing crops; includes fields, plantations, and other cultivated areas.
この地域の耕地は主に米作りに使われている。
The farmland in this region is mainly used for rice cultivation.
Forests were cleared to expand the arable land.
noun
large estate; plantation (Brazilian context)
Used in Brazilian Japanese communities to refer to large agricultural estates, equivalent to Portuguese 'fazenda' or Spanish 'hacienda'.
ブラジルでは、多くの日系人が耕地で働いていた。
In Brazil, many Japanese immigrants worked on large estates.