田んぼ
The Japanese phrase for rice field is 田んぼ.
The word refers to a rice field.
What does it mean word for word?
The word is built from the kanji 田, which means rice field.
Did you know?
- Japan has a dedicated 'Rice Field Art' movement where 田んぼ are planted with different colored rice to create massive living portraits visible from the sky.
- The kanji 田 used in 田んぼ looks exactly like a top-down view of a single square rice field divided into four sections.
- The character 田 is so fundamental to Japanese agriculture that it appears in many surnames, such as 'Tanaka', which literally means 'middle of the rice field'.
Examples in context
- 田んぼに水が入りました。Tanbo ni mizu ga hairimashita.Water has entered the rice field.
- あの田んぼには稲が植えられています。Ano tanbo ni wa ine ga uerarete imasu.Rice is planted in that rice field.
- 田んぼの近くを散歩しましょう。Tanbo no chikaku o sanpo shimashou.Let's take a walk near the rice field.
Example conversation
Kenta and Yui are walking through a rural village.
- 健太 Kentaあそこに広い田んぼがありますね。Asoko ni hiroi tanbo ga arimasu ne.There is a large rice field over there, isn't there?
- 結衣 Yuiはい、とてもきれいな田んぼですね。Hai, totemo kirei na tanbo desu ne.Yes, it is a very beautiful rice field.
- 健太 Kenta結衣さんは田んぼを見たことがありますか？Yui-san wa tanbo o mita koto ga arimasu ka?Have you ever seen a rice field, Yui?
- 結衣 Yuiはい、田舎に来た時に見ました。Hai, inaka ni kita toki ni mimashita.Yes, I saw one when I came to the countryside.
