荒野

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 荒野(こうや) refers to rough, desolate, uncultivated land.
• Basic usage: It describes open terrain with no houses in sight or a bleak landscape in a story.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Route traveled and position occupied
  • を in 荒野を走り続けた marks the space the train traveled through. に in 荒野に一本だけ立つ木 marks where the tree stands.