harvested rice field
Refers to a rice field after the crop has been cut; often evokes an autumn landscape.
刈り田にスズメが群れていた。
Sparrows were flocking in the harvested rice field.
Standard spelling with okurigana.
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 刈り (kari, 'cutting, harvesting') + 田 (ta, 'rice field').