焼き畑

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 焼き畑 is read やきはた.
• Basic usage: It refers to a field cleared by cutting and burning vegetation or to slash-and-burn farming itself.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A farming method
  • 焼き畑による農耕 means farming carried out by slash-and-burn methods.
• Traces of a field
  • 焼き畑の跡 means traces of a former slash-and-burn field, such as one in the mountains.