平へい野や

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to a flat, wide area of land, often in contrast to mountains or hills. Common in geographical descriptions.

平へい野やが広ひろがるfor a plain to stretch out/extend widely
関かん東とう平へい野やが広ひろく広ひろがっている。
The Kanto Plain stretches out over a wide area.
〈場ば所しょ〉に平へい野やがあるthere is a plain in a certain place
この地ち域いきには広ひろい平へい野やがある。
There is a wide plain in this region.
平へい野やを横おう断だんするto cross a plain
電でん車しゃで広こう大だいな平へい野やを横おう断だんした。
We crossed the vast plain by train.

平へい地ち
平地 is a general, everyday term for flat land, while 平野 specifically refers to a large geographic plain, especially in scientific or descriptive contexts.
盆ぼん地ちN2
盆地 is a basin surrounded by mountains, while 平野 is an open, flat plain not enclosed by high terrain.
高こう原げんN1
高原 is an elevated plateau or highland, whereas 平野 refers to low-lying flat land.
平へい原げん
平野 is the standard geography term for flat land, while 平原 stresses a wide open expanse often associated with natural grassland.

山さん地ちN1
山地 refers to mountainous terrain, the direct opposite of the flat, open land described by 平野.

平へい原げん
平原 usually describes a vast, often foreign or wild prairie-like expanse, while 平野 is the standard term for a domestic geographic plain in Japan.
平だいら
平野 is a standalone noun meaning 'plain' that can be used in any sentence, while 平 only appears as a suffix attached to specific place names.
盆ぼん地ちN2
平野 is a flat, open plain, whereas 盆地 is a basin enclosed by surrounding mountains or hills.

Compound of 平 (flat) and 野 (field). The reading へいや is the on'yomi for both characters.