本ほん田でん

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Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun

rice paddy

Refers to a field where rice is grown; a common agricultural term.

この辺あたりには広ひろい本ほん田でんが広ひろがっている。
There are wide rice paddies spreading out around here.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に本ほん田でんがあるthere is a rice paddy in a place
村むらの入いり口ぐちに本ほん田でんが広ひろがっている。
A rice paddy spreads out at the entrance to the village.
本ほん田でんで稲いねを育そだてるto grow rice in a rice paddy
祖そ父ふは本ほん田でんで稲いねを育そだてている。
My grandfather grows rice in his paddy field.

Kanji

本book, present, main
田rice field, rice paddy

Related words

水すい田でんN1
水田 is the standard, technical term for a flooded rice paddy used in agriculture and geography, while 本田 is a rarer, more literary word for the same thing.
田たんぼN2
田んぼ is the everyday, colloquial word for a rice paddy, whereas 本田 sounds formal or literary in comparison.

Opposites

畑はたけN3
本田 is a flooded field for growing rice, while 畑 is a dry field used for crops other than rice.

Counted with

枚まいN3
本田 is conventionally counted with 枚, the counter used for flat expanses of land like fields.

Etymology

Compound of 本 (hon, 'main') and 田 (den, 'rice field'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely originally referred to a primary or main rice paddy.