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.