領地|りょうちryouchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. no-adjectiveterritory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

• Synonym領土りょうどNeutralNational territory, leaning toward modern international-law usage; 「領地」 usually means a feudal lord's fief, though it can also mean land a state holds.
• Synonym領域りょういきNeutralCovers a state's territory and territorial waters, and also academic or abstract fields; 「領地」 usually means a feudal lord's fief.
• Synonym領国りょうごくWrittenWritten/formal prose; the domain a daimyo or feudal lord ruled. Close to 「領地」 but with the focus on a lord's own territory.
• Related国土こくどNeutralA country's land or national territory; 「領地」 usually means a feudal lord's fief.
• Related邦土ほうどWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; means a country's territory or national land. In everyday speech use 「国土」 or 「領土」 instead.
• Related領りょうNeutralRefers to a collar or the nape of the neck; bears no relation to 「領地」 — likely a mis-pairing via the character, as in 「領（えり）」.
• Related統治地域NeutralAn explanatory term for a region under rule; 「領地」 usually means a feudal lord's fief.
• Antonym無主地WrittenWritten/formal prose; land with no owner. It stands opposite to 「領地」 on the owned-versus-unowned axis.

Use 「領地」 for a feudal lord's fief, land held by a state, or figuratively one's turf. For a modern state's territory say 「領土」 or 「国土」; for academic or abstract fields use 「領域」. The antonym is 「無主地」, land with no owner.

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

1. 大名だいみょう・旗本はたもとなどが支配しはいしていた土地とち。知行ちぎょう地ち。
2. 国家こっかが領有りょうゆうし、その主権しゅけん下かにある土地とち。領土りょうど。