耕こう田でん

noun

cultivated field; paddy field

Refers to a field that has been tilled and prepared for planting, typically rice paddies. Somewhat formal or technical; in everyday speech 田んぼ (tanbo) is more common for rice fields.

• この地ち域いきの耕こう田でんは、昔むかしながらの方ほう法ほうで手て入いれされている。

  The cultivated fields in this region are maintained using traditional methods.