田園

でんえん

country, rural districts

Also:cultivated land

What does 田園 mean?

田園 is a Japanese noun meaning country, rural districts in English. It can also be translated as cultivated land depending on context. It is written as 田園 in kanji, でんえん in hiragana, and den'en in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

都市化が田園生活をどんどん侵食しています。

Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.