田たんぼ

also: でんぽ

た

ん

ぼ

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

rice field; paddy field

Common word for a flooded field where rice is grown. Used in everyday conversation.

夏なつになると田たんぼに水みずが張はられる。
In summer, the rice fields are flooded with water.
子こ供どもの頃ころ、田たんぼでよく遊

あそ

ん

だ

。

When I was a child, I often played in the rice paddies.

Written forms

田たんぼUsage72%
Standard modern spelling. The reading たんぼ is the only current pronunciation.
田圃Usage21%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
- たんぼ
  Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern writing. The reading でんぽ/でんぼ is obsolete.
- でんぼ
  out-dated reading
- でんぽ
  out-dated reading
たんぼUsage7%
田畝
rarely-used kanji formout-dated reading
- でんぽ
  Obsolete kanji form with obsolete reading でんぽ (also でんぼ). Not used in contemporary Japanese.
- でんぼ
でんぼ
out-dated reading
でんぽ
out-dated reading

Kanji

田rice field, rice paddy
圃garden, field
畝furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge

Similar words

田た
More formal or literary term for rice field, often used in compounds like 水田 (すいでん). 田んぼ is the colloquial equivalent.
水すい田でん
Specifically refers to an irrigated rice paddy, often in technical or agricultural contexts. 田んぼ is more general and conversational.

Etymology

Derived from 田 (た, 'rice field') with the suffix んぼ, which adds a colloquial or familiar nuance. The exact origin of んぼ is uncertain, but it may be related to a dialectal or emphatic suffix.