muddy rice paddy; rice field with deep mud
Refers to a rice paddy where the bottom has a thick layer of soft mud, often making it difficult to walk or work in.
My feet got stuck in the muddy rice paddy, and I couldn't move forward easily.
この辺りの泥田は、昔ながらの農法で耕されている。
The muddy rice paddies around here are cultivated using traditional farming methods.
Dorotabō; vengeful spirit of a former rice paddy owner
Compound of 泥 (どろ, 'mud') and 田 (た, 'rice field'). The reading た becomes voiced to だ due to rendaku.