原野|げんやgen'ya[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounwaste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
   この静しずかな原野げんやで狩猟しゅりょうをすることは禁止きんしされています。↗

   Hunting game is forbidden in this tranquil wilderness.

• Synonym荒野こうやNeutralA bleak, uninhabited wilderness. 「原野」 stresses wild grassy land that is not farmland; 「荒野」 stresses desolation and the absence of people.
• Synonym荒原こうげんWrittenLiterary written word for a desolate, sweeping wilderness; stresses both bleakness and vast open space.
• Related広野こうやNeutralA broad, open plain; stresses flatness and vast extent rather than wild vegetation.
• Related未開地みかいちWrittenWritten/formal word for undeveloped land, stressing that cultivation or civilization has not yet reached it; can carry a nuance of backwardness.
• Related荒蕪地こうぶちWrittenWritten/formal word for wasteland left untended by people, overgrown with weeds and shrubs.
• Antonym市街地しがいちNeutralA built-up urban area; the opposite of 「原野」, land covered with grass and trees.
• Antonym都会とかいNeutralA city; the opposite of 「原野」 as natural open wild land.
• Antonym農地のうちNeutralFarmland under cultivation; the opposite of 「原野」, which is not used for farming.

Use 「原野」 for open wild land of grass and shrubs that is not farmland, as in 「北海道の原野」. Say 「荒野」 for desolate uninhabited land, 「広野」 for a broad plain, 「未開地」 for undeveloped regions. 「荒蕪地」 and 「荒原」 are written words for wasteland; opposites: 「市街地」, 「都会」, 「農地」.

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1. 耕作こうさくの方法ほうほうによらないで雑草ざっそう、かん木もく類るいの生育せいいくする土地とち（不動産ふどうさん登記とうき事務じむ取扱とりあつかい手続てつづき準則じゅんそく第だい68条じょう）、野原のはらのこと。