耕地

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 耕地 (こうち) is a noun for farmland or land cultivated to grow crops.
• Basic usage: It appears when wasteland is converted into farmland or when the area and location of cultivated land are checked on a map.
  • 村人は荒れ地を耕地に変えた。 — The villagers turned the wasteland into farmland.
  • 地図で川沿いの耕地の広さを確かめた。 — We checked the area of cultivated land by the river on a map.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Cultivated land and wasteland
  • 耕地 is land used for cultivation, whereas 荒れ地 is rough or unused land. The resulting state of a change appears in 耕地に変える.