稲田|いなだinada[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpaddy field; rice field

• Synonym田たNeutralThe basic word for a rice field; it stands alone and forms compounds like 「田植え」, while 「稲田」 specifically means a field with rice planted in it.
• Synonym田んぼたんぼNeutralThe everyday colloquial word for a rice paddy and the most common choice in speech, for the paddies you see in daily life.
• Synonym水田すいでんNeutralAn agricultural and statistical term for flooded fields where rice is grown; it stands opposite 「畑」.
• Synonym田地でんちWrittenA written, formal word for farmland that leans toward land as property; it can also mean one's situation or plight.
• Antonym畑はたけNeutralThe antonym: a dry field for vegetables and other crops, with no standing water, as opposed to flooded rice paddies.

Use 「稲田」 for a field planted with rice, with a scenic feel, as in 「黄金色の稲田」. In everyday speech say 「田んぼ」; 「水田」 is the agricultural term, and 「畑」 is a dry field.

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1. 稲いねを植うえある田たんぼ。