田んぼ (たんぼ, tanbo) Japanese meaning: rice field | KotomoraIn summer, the rice fields are flooded with water.
When I was a child, I often played in the rice paddies.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉の田んぼで働くto work in the rice field (at a place)
My grandfather works in the village rice field every morning.
田んぼに水を入れるto flood the rice field with water
Before planting the rice, they flood the paddy with water.
田んぼを耕すto till/plow the rice field
When spring comes, farmers till the rice fields.
田んぼが広がるfor rice fields to stretch out (across a landscape)
Rice fields stretch out at the foot of the mountain.
田んぼ is the everyday, colloquial word for a rice paddy, whereas 本田 sounds formal or literary in comparison.
田んぼ refers specifically to a rice paddy, a concrete subtype, while 農地 is the general category that also includes dry fields and pastures.
田畝
rarely-used kanji formout-dated reading
