草そう原げん

noun

grassy field; grassland; meadow

General term for an area covered with grass, from small meadows to large open fields. Used for both natural and cultivated grassy spaces.

• 子こ供どもたちは草そう原げんで走はしり回まわっていた。

  The children were running around in the grassy field.

• このあたりは広こう大だいな草そう原げんが広ひろがっている。

  A vast grassland stretches out around here.

noun

grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie; steppe

Only with reading そうげん

Specifically for large, open grass-covered plains, often in geographical or ecological contexts. Restricted to the reading そうげん.

• モンゴルの草そう原げんには遊ゆう牧ぼく民みんが住すんでいる。

  Nomads live on the steppes of Mongolia.

• アフリカのサバンナは草そう原げん地ち帯たいの一いっ種しゅだ。

  The African savannah is a type of grassland region.