はた
Meanings
Noun
1. field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
Noun
Suffix
2. field (of specialization); sphere; area
ばたけ when a suffix
when read as "はたけ"
3. womb; birth; birthplace
when read as "はたけ"
Kanji used
farm field
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
fields (of rice and other crops)
working in the fields; working on a farm
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
Examples (20 in total)
This place used to be a field.
The house was surrounded by fields.
The field was rank with weeds.
That is not my field of work.
His family works in the fields.
Some people are working in the fields.
I work in the field of art.
Mr Wood came into the field.
The fields dry up, and the soil cracks.
We put vegetable seeds in the field.
Farmers are busy working in the field.
These fields produce fine crops.
Hundreds of fields were submerged in the flood.
The farmer scattered the wheat seeds in the field.
Mr Hata told us on television some interesting stories about various animals.
She watched the gardens grow, and she watched the apples turn red and ripen.
The rain destroyed the sunflower garden.
Black people were compelled to work in cotton fields.
The field measures more than 300 acres.
When spring comes, they plow the fields and plant seeds.