noun
rice field; paddy
Refers to a flooded field where rice is grown. Common in both everyday and agricultural contexts.
田に水を引く。
I draw water into the rice field.
この辺りは田が広がっている。
Rice fields stretch out around here.
A more colloquial and slightly informal word for rice field, often used in everyday speech.
A more technical or formal term for a flooded rice paddy.
The kanji 田 is a pictograph of a rice field divided into sections. The reading た is the native Japanese word for rice field.