also: ふけだ · ふけた
muddy rice field
A rice paddy with deep, soft mud; often implies a field that is difficult to work in.
My feet got stuck in the muddy rice field, and I couldn't move forward easily.
My foot got stuck in the muddy paddy, and I could barely move forward.
Harvesting rice in a muddy paddy is hard labor.
乾田 is a well-drained, firm rice field that can be worked dry, the opposite of the soft, waterlogged 深田.
Standard kanji spelling for the modern reading ふかだ.
Obsolete reading; it is out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
Obsolete reading; it is out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
Compound of 深 (fuka, 'deep') and 田 (ta, 'rice field'), with rendaku voicing of 田 to だ. The obsolete readings ふけだ and ふけた reflect older phonetic forms.