牧場

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 牧場, read ぼくじょう, and it combines 牧, meaning raise or graze livestock, with 場, meaning place.
• Basic usage: 牧場 means a ranch or pasture where cattle, sheep, or other livestock are raised or grazed.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A place occupied by livestock and ranch work experienced firsthand
  • Both examples use the form 牧場. Sheep graze at a mountain ranch, while an event lets a participant experience the work done there.
• Grazing sheep in the mountains and an event featuring ranch work
  • 山あいの牧場で羊が草を食べていました。 — Sheep were grazing at a mountain ranch.
  • 牧場の仕事を体験する催しに参加しました。 — I joined an event that offered hands-on experience with ranch work.