JLPT N4 · Noun

田舎 (inaka)

田舎 (いなか, inaka) is a Japanese noun meaning “rural area; countryside”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いなか
Romaji: inaka
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

rural area; countryside; the sticks · noun
hometown · noun

Example sentences

１週間田舎にいてすっかり元気になったような気がする。

I feel completely restored after a week in the country.

Tatoeba #235744

去年の夏、父の田舎に行きました。

I visited my father's hometown last summer.

Tatoeba #182223

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 田舎

田

rice field, rice paddyデン・た · 5 strokes

舎

cottage, inn, hutシャ・セキ・やど.る · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 田舎.

田たrice field田ぼたんぼrice field田植えたうえrice planting水田すいでん(water-filled) paddy field田園でんえんthe country校舎こうしゃschool building

Source: JMdict entry 1442750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.