畑
畑

farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)

9 strokesFrequency 1,176JLPT N2Grade 3

Kun

はたはたけ-ばたけ

Nanori

かままま

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

farm

Constituents

火fire
田brains
田rice field

Mnemonic Stories

The quickest way to start a farm is with slash-and-burn agriculture: set fire to the forest to clear it, then plant your rice fields in the ashes.

Dictionary

Common Words

畑はたけはた畠NounFreq #3814
1

field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation

Examples
春になると畑をほりかえして種をまきます。
When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
2

はたけ only; Noun, used as a suffix; ばたけ when a suffix

field (of specialization); sphere; area; line

Examples
彼は教育畑で育った。
He has had a long teaching career.
3

はたけ only; Colloquial

womb; birth; birthplace

花畑はなばたけ花畠NounFreq #18072
1

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed

田畑田畠たはたでんぱたでんばたたはたけNounFreq #19866
1

fields (of rice and other crops)

お花畑おはなばたけNounFreq #22753
1

Polite

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed

2

field of alpine flowers

3

Colloquial; Derogatory

fantasy; delusion; having one's head in the clouds

畑仕事はたしごとはたけしごとNoun～する VerbFreq #23663
1

working in the fields; working on a farm

麦畑むぎばたけNounFreq #38176
1

wheat field; barley field; cornfield

Examples
青い麦畑には暖かい陽光が満ちている。
The warm sunlight is full upon the green wheat field.
畑を作るはたけをつくるExpressionGodan verbFreq #45758
1

to farm; to cultivate a field

畑違いはたけちがいNoun～の Adj.Freq #61182
1

outside one's field; out of one's line

Examples
畑違いの事はしない方がいい。
It is better not to go out of your field.
2

(sibling) from a different mother

桑畑桑畠くわばたけくわばたNounFreq #64418
1

mulberry field; mulberry plantation

小麦畑こむぎばたけNounFreq #67641
1

wheat field

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