How to say "barren" in Japanese

• 不毛ふもうCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveBarren in the literal, agricultural sense: land that is sterile or infertile and produces no vegetation, such as desert ground or soil that yields no crops. The emphasis is on inability to support growth.
• 殺風景さっぷうけいCommon
  na-adjective, nounBarren as an impression rather than a fact of fertility: scenery or a room that strikes you as bleak, dreary and monotonous. Choose it when the point is the uninviting look of a place.

Use 不毛 for the fertility sense of barren, land too sterile to grow anything; 殺風景 is for barren as an appearance, scenery or a room that looks bleak, dreary and uninviting.

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• 不毛ふもうbarren
• 殺風景さっぷうけいdreary
• 寥々りょうりょうlonely
• 痩せたやせたbarren