JLPT N3 · Noun

畑 (hatake)

畑 (はたけ, hatake) is a Japanese noun meaning “field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はたけ
Romaji
hatake
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation · noun
  2. field (of specialization); sphere; area; line · noun, suffix noun · ばたけ when a suffix
  3. womb; birth; birthplace · noun · colloquial

Example sentences

春になると畑をほりかえして種をまきます。
When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
彼は教育畑で育った。
He has had a long teaching career.

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

Kanji in 畑

Source: JMdict entry 1476520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.