農地
Meanings
1
agricultural land; farmland
General term for land used for farming, including fields, paddies, and pastures. Often used in legal, economic, and planning contexts.
The agricultural land in this area is mainly used for rice farming.
Permission is required to convert farmland into residential land.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉の農地を耕すto till/cultivate farmland
My grandfather tills the farmland behind our house every morning.
- 農地を手放すto give up/sell off one's farmland
More and more farmers are giving up their farmland because they have no successor.
- 農地が広がるfor farmland to stretch out/spread over an area
Broad farmland stretches out at the foot of the mountain.
- 農地を管理するto manage/maintain farmland
The local government manages the unused farmland.