How to say "field" in Japanese

• 分野ぶんやJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe abstract sense: a field of study, work, or activity — the 'sphere' or 'domain' reading. Typical contexts include talking about someone's specialist field or a new field of research.
  彼かれはこの分野ぶんやでは草分くさわけだ。↗

  He is a trailblazer in this field.
• 畑はたけJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe physical, agricultural sense: land cultivated for growing crops such as wheat or vegetables — a farm field or vegetable plot, not a field of study.
  春はるになると畑はたけをほりかえして種しゅをまきます。↗

  When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
• フィールドCommon
  nounThe loanword as borrowed from English: a playing field in sports, and in scientific contexts the field in the sense of fieldwork, where observation happens outdoors rather than in the lab.
  オールブラックスがフィールドに現あらわれると、観衆かんしゅうの声こえがウオーンと響ひびき渡わたった。↗

  When the All Blacks came out onto the field a roar like 'woooaahh' swept over the crowd.
• 部門ぶもんJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveA field as a division or branch of a larger organization — a department or section of a company or institution. Choose it when 'field' means an organizational unit rather than a domain of knowledge.
  歴史学れきしがくは人文じんぶん科学かがくの一部いちぶ門もんである。↗

  History is a branch of the humanities.
• 野のJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounMeans a plain or open grassland — uncultivated country — rather than a farm field or a field of study; for most senses of 'field' it is seldom the word you want.

Use 分野 for an abstract field of study or activity, 畑 for a cultivated farm field, 「フィールド」 for sports and loanword contexts, 部門 for a field as a division of an organization, and 野 only for open country.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 分野ぶんやfield
• 畑はたけfield (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.)
• フィールドfield
• 部門ぶもんdivision (of a larger group)
• 野のfield
• 野良のらfield
• 野原のはらfield
• 野辺のべfield
• 原はらfield
• 専門せんもんspeciality
• 原野げんやwaste land
• 野やplain
• 部面ぶめんphase
• 専門分野せんもんぶんやarea of expertise
• 領野りょうやarea
• グラウンド(sports) ground
• 競技場きょうぎじょうstadium
• 野面のづら(surface of) field
• 欄らんfield (in a form, web page, etc.)
• 方面ほうめんfield (e.g. of study)
• 庭にわfield (of action)
• 領域りょういきfield
• 境地きょうちfield (of activity)
• 場ばfield
• 守備範囲しゅびはんい(one's) field
• 方ほうfield (of study, etc.)
• 道みちfield (e.g. of medicine)
• ピッチpitch (soccer, rugby, etc.)
• 体たいfield
• 界かいfield (electrical)