耕地
Meanings
1
arable land; farmland; cultivated land
General term for land used for growing crops; includes fields, plantations, and other cultivated areas.
The farmland in this region is mainly used for rice cultivation.
Forests were cleared to expand the arable land.
2
large estate; plantation (Brazilian context)
Used in Brazilian Japanese communities to refer to large agricultural estates, equivalent to Portuguese 'fazenda' or Spanish 'hacienda'.
In Brazil, many Japanese immigrants worked on large estates.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉を耕地に開墾するto clear/reclaim land into farmland
They cleared the mountain slope into farmland.
- 耕地が広がるfor farmland to spread/stretch out
Farmland stretches out around the village.
- 耕地が荒れるfor farmland to fall into disrepair/become abandoned
Due to depopulation, the farmland fell into ruin.