高こう原げん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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Refers to a flat, elevated landform. Used in geography, travel, and everyday contexts.

I want to spend the summer coolly on the plateau.

この高こう原げんは放ほう牧ぼく地ちとして使つかわれている。

This tableland is used as grazing land.

〈場ば所しょ〉に高こう原げんが広ひろがるfor a plateau to stretch across an area
この地ち域いきには広こう大だいな高こう原げんが広ひろがっている。
A vast plateau stretches across this region.
高こう原げんをドライブするto drive across a plateau
夏なつ休やすみに高こう原げんをドライブして涼すずしい風かぜを感かんじた。
During summer vacation, I drove across the plateau and felt the cool breeze.

高こう地ちN1
高地 is a broader term for any high-altitude area, while 高原 specifically means a flat or gently rolling elevated area.
台だい地ち
台地 usually refers to a smaller, sharply-edged flat-topped elevation, whereas 高原 describes larger, more extensive highland regions.
平へい野やN2
高原 is an elevated plateau or highland, whereas 平野 refers to low-lying flat land.

低てい地ち
低地 means lowland, the geographic opposite of the elevated, flat terrain described by 高原.

平へい原げん
平原 is a flat plain at low or ordinary altitude, while 高原 specifically denotes such a flat area at high elevation.
草そう原げんN1
高原 (plateau/highland) shares the 原 kanji with 草原 but refers to elevated terrain, not specifically grass-covered land.

Compound of 高 (high) and 原 (plain, field). The meaning 'high plain' is transparent from the kanji.