荒野

こうや

Also written 荒れ野, あれの, あらの, 曠野

Meanings

1. Noun wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land

Kanji

• 荒 rough. Read as コウ.
• 野 field. Read as ヤ.

Example sentences

• 何日間も誰にも会わずに荒野を歩きまわることができますか。
  Can you hike for days in the wilderness without seeing anyone?
• ここには人里離れた荒野のほかに何もありません。
  There is nothing here but remote wilderness.

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