田園・田苑|でんえんden'en[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounthe country; countryside; rural districts
   都市化としかが田園でんえん生活せいかつをどんどん侵食しんしょくしています。↗

   Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.
2. nouncultivated land; fields

• Synonym田舎いなかNeutralRefers to the countryside or one's hometown, as in 「田舎に帰る」; common in speech, while 「田園」 evokes scenic farmland with a pleasing image.
• Synonym地方ちほうNeutralMeans a region or district, and also areas away from the big cities, as in 「地方都市」; it carries no image of pastoral scenery.
• Synonym田野でんやWrittenA written word for fields and open country; little used in modern Japanese.
• Relatedルーラル地域ルーラルちいきWrittenA written, academic-sounding loanword term for rural areas.
• Antonym都会とかいNeutralMeans the city, the opposite of the rural countryside, as in 「都会の暮らし」.
• Antonym都市としNeutralMeans a city or urban area, the counterpart of 「田園」; 「田園都市」 is a concept combining the two.

Use 「田園」 for idyllic countryside with fields, as in 「田園風景」. In casual speech say 「田舎」; for a region or areas outside the big cities use 「地方」. 「ルーラル地域」 and 「田野」 are written words; the opposites are 「都会」 and 「都市」.

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