深ふか田だ

also: ふけだ · ふけた

ふ

か

だ

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

muddy rice field

A rice paddy with deep, soft mud; often implies a field that is difficult to work in.

深ふか田だに足あしを取とられて、なかなか前まえに進すすめなかった。
My feet got stuck in the muddy rice field, and I couldn't move forward easily.

Written forms

深田Usage100%
- ふかだ
  Standard kanji spelling for the modern reading ふかだ.
- ふけだ
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading; it is out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
- ふけた
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading; it is out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
ふけた
out-dated reading
ふけだ
out-dated reading

Kanji

深deep, heighten, intensify
田rice field, rice paddy

Similar words

田たんぼ
田んぼ is the general word for a rice field, while 深田 specifically refers to one with deep, soft mud.
泥どろ田た
泥田 emphasizes muddiness, but 深田 focuses on the depth of the mud rather than just the presence of mud.

Etymology

Compound of 深 (fuka, 'deep') and 田 (ta, 'rice field'), with rendaku voicing of 田 to だ. The obsolete readings ふけだ and ふけた reflect older phonetic forms.