新しん田でん

noun

new rice field; newly developed paddy

Refers to a rice field that has been recently created, often by clearing land or converting other types of land.

• この辺あたりは昔むかし、新しん田でんとして開ひらかれた。

  This area was developed as new rice fields long ago.

noun

newly reclaimed rice field (Edo period)

Historical term for wasteland or marshland turned into rice paddies, especially during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには多おおくの新しん田でんが開かい発はつされた。

  Many new rice fields were reclaimed during the Edo period.