A somewhat literary or formal term for the countryside, often with a nuance of remoteness or rusticity. Not the most common everyday word for 'countryside' (that would be 田舎).
I want to live quietly in a rural area.
We stayed at a rustic hot-spring inn.
folk song; country song
rustic; rural; countrified
appearing rustic; rustic style · ancient court song; rustic court music · comical tanka; humorous waka
be far from the capital; be remote
Standard kanji form; commonly used in literary or formal contexts.
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially when the kanji is considered difficult or obscure.
The native word ひな means a rural or remote region and is conventionally written 鄙. Its deeper origin is uncertain.