草原|そうげんsougen[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungrassy field; grassland; meadow
   野生やせいの動物どうぶつたちが草原そうげんを歩き回あるきまわっていた。↗

   Wild animals roamed across the plains.
2. noungrass-covered plain; savannah; prairie; steppe

• Related牧野ぼくやWrittenWritten term for open land used for grazing livestock or harvesting grass; 「草原」 evokes a natural grassy landscape.
• Related牧場ぼくじょうNeutralA ranch or farm where livestock are raised and grazed, as in 「牧場で乳搾り」; 「草原」 is about the natural open land itself.
• Related牧草地ぼくそうちNeutralLand where pasture grass grows, planted or wild, to feed livestock; 「草原」 is any open stretch of grass, with no link to raising animals.
• Related放牧地ほうぼくちWrittenWritten term for grassland used for grazing livestock; 「草原」 describes the natural scenery of a grassy plain.
• Related牧地ぼくちWrittenWritten term for land devoted to livestock farming; 「草原」 refers to the natural open field itself.
• Related牧まきWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for grassland where horses are let loose to graze; 「草原」 is the natural open field.
• Antonym砂漠さばくNeutralDesert—land with almost no vegetation; the opposite of 「草原」 in terms of plant cover.

Use 「草原」 for open land covered in grass, as in 「モンゴルの大草原」; online, 「大草原」 can also mean laughing hard. For land used to raise or graze livestock pick 「牧場」, 「牧草地」 or 「放牧地」. The opposite of 「草原」 is 「砂漠」.

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1. 草くさが一面いちめんに生はえている原はら。
2. （主おもに「大だい草原そうげん」の形かたちで）（笑わらい）の意味いみのwを大量たいりょうに表示ひょうじすること。また大爆笑だいばくしょう。