畦けい畔はん

noun

ridge between rice fields; paddy ridge

Specifically the narrow raised path or bank separating rice paddies. Often used in agricultural or rural contexts.

See also: あぜ · あぜ

• 畦けい畔はんに草くさが生はえている。

  Grass is growing on the ridge between the rice fields.

• 農のう家かの人ひとが畦けい畔はんを歩あるいて田たんぼを見み回まわっている。

  The farmer is walking along the paddy ridges to inspect the rice fields.

noun

causeway; embankment path

Extended use for a raised path or causeway, often in wet or agricultural areas. Less common than the specific rice-field ridge sense.

• 湿しっ地ち帯たいに畦けい畔はんのような道みちが続つづいている。