How to say "farmland" in Japanese

• 農地のうちJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe broad, general term for land used for farming, covering paddies and fields alike; the usual word in legal, administrative and news contexts when farmland is meant as a category or asset.
  河川かせんの盆地ぼんちには普通ふつう肥沃ひよくな農地のうちがある。↗

  The basin of a river usually has rich farmland.
• 畑地はたちCommon
  nounFarmland as dry, cultivated fields — ground for crops as opposed to flooded rice paddies. Reach for it when that contrast matters; for farmland in general, 農地 is the safer choice.
• 耕地こうちJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounReally 'arable land': farmland viewed as ground under cultivation or fit to be tilled, a word at home in technical or statistical writing about agriculture; for plain 'farmland', 農地 is usually what you want.

Use 農地 for farmland in general, especially in legal or administrative contexts; 畑地 for dry fields as opposed to rice paddies; 耕地 for arable, cultivated land in technical or statistical talk.

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• 農地のうちagricultural land
• 畑地はたちfarmland
• 耕地こうちarable land
• 田地でんちfarmland
• 農用地のうようちagricultural land