How do you say "farm" in Japanese?

In Japanese, "farm" is 農園 (nōen). It is a noun pronounced "n-oh-eh-n".

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Pronunciation

農園 is written in kanji. Romanised as nōen, it sounds roughly like "n-oh-eh-n" to an English ear.

Example sentence

農園が見えます。

Nōen ga miemasu.

I can see the farm.

Usage notes

Nōen (農園) means farm in Japanese. This noun describes a feature or object found in indoor or outdoor environments.

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Questions about 農園

How do you pronounce 農園?

農園 is romanised as nōen. Say it roughly like "n-oh-eh-n" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

Is 農園 formal or casual?

農園 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.

How is 農園 written in Japanese?

農園 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.

This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.