Usage patterns 田舎いなか に 帰かえ る to go back to one's hometown
I'm planning to go back to my hometown for Obon.
田舎いなか で 暮く らす to live in the countryside
I want to live in the countryside after I retire.
田舎いなか から 出で てくる to come (move) from the countryside to the city
He moved from the countryside and now works in Tokyo.
Expressions 京きょう に 田舎いなか あり even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality Related words· 12 故郷 is a more emotional or poetic word for one's birthplace, while 田舎 can simply mean a rural hometown without the same sentimental weight.
郷里 is a formal, written word for one's home region, whereas 田舎 is the everyday, casual term and can also just mean 'rural area' in general.
地方 (じかた ) is an archaic literary term for the countryside, while 田舎 is the ordinary modern word for the same idea.
郡部 is a formal administrative term used in official and statistical contexts, while 田舎 is the everyday, often affectionate or dismissive word for the countryside.
Show 8 more Show fewer 田舎 is a broad, casual word for the countryside or one's hometown, while 農村 specifically denotes a community whose livelihood is farming.
田舎 is the everyday Japanese word for the countryside, while カントリー is a loanword mostly used in fashionable or Western-flavored compounds like カントリーサイド .
田舎 is the everyday, often slightly negative word for the countryside, while 里 is a more poetic or literary term that can also mean a specific village.
田舎 is the common, everyday word for the countryside or one's hometown, while 田園 is a more literary term emphasizing pastoral scenery.
田舎 is the plain, everyday word for the countryside, whereas 郷 carries a more nostalgic or formal, literary tone.
田舎 specifically means the countryside or one's rural hometown with a personal, rustic feel, whereas 地方 more broadly covers any non-central region, including provincial cities.
田舎 means the countryside as a place where people live or one's hometown, while 野山 focuses on the natural terrain of hills and fields themselves.
田舎 refers to a populated rural area or one's hometown, while 山野 refers strictly to the undeveloped natural terrain of mountains and fields.
Opposites· 6 都会 means 'city, urban area', the direct opposite of 田舎 'countryside, the sticks'.
田舎 means the countryside or rural area, the direct opposite of 都市 , a city or urban center.
田舎 means 'countryside, rural area,' the natural opposite of 都 as the center of government or culture.
Show 3 more Show fewer 田舎 means 'countryside' or 'rural area', the natural opposite of シティ 's sense of an urban city.
田舎 means countryside or rural area, the direct opposite of 市街 's built-up city streets.
田舎 means the countryside or rural area, contrasting with 市街地 , the developed urban part of a city or town.
Don't confuse with 田舎 means the countryside, a rural area farther from the city, while 郊外 means the suburbs, a residential area still within commuting distance of the city center.
田舎 (いなか , countryside) sounds similar to 稲田 (いなだ , rice field) but refers to a rural region rather than a specific field.
田んぼ means a specific rice paddy, while 田舎 (sharing the kanji 田 ) means the countryside or one's rural hometown in general.
Word family· 29 country town; rural town
remote countryside; back country
country road; rural road
remote countryside; boondocks; middle of nowhere
country dweller; person from the countryside
Show 8 more Show fewer country samurai; uncultured samurai
country girl; girl from the countryside
farmhouse; country cottage
country person; bumpkin; hick
standard pillar spacing in eastern Japan; approx. 182 cm module · Kanto-size tatami mat; approx. 176 cm × 88 cm
rustic; country-style
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
become rustic; become countrified
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Written forms 田舎いなか Usage 96%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
いなか Usage 4%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
イナカ Usage 1%
Etymology The reading いなか is a jukujikun (special kanji reading) for 田舎 . The kanji 田 means 'rice field' and 舎 means 'house' or 'dwelling', together suggesting a rural dwelling.
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