Desert - Kougen

Japanese: 荒原 - こうげん

〘noun〙① A desolate field. Wilderness. ※Honcho Monsui (around 1060) vol. 13: A prayer for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in gold letters offered to the monk Tamekūya〈Sanzen Dotō〉 "The wilderness, the bones of all times, the souls of those who came before and after the East Dai" ※Hanayagi Shunwa (1878-79)〈translated by Oda Junichiro〉vol. 1 "About four ri away from the town, there is a wilderness " 〔Chobo-zhi - Wu Song Dochū Shi〕② A general term for a plant community with low coverage, where herbaceous plants grow sparsely. It is found in wastelands such as deserts and tundra, and the variety of plants that grow there is generally small. They are divided into dry wastelands, cold wastelands, coastal wastelands, transitional wastelands, rocky wastelands, and sulfurous wastelands.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 荒れ果てた野原。荒野。※本朝文粋（1060頃）一三・為空也上人供養金字大般若経願文〈三善道統〉「荒原古今之骨、東岱先後之魂」※花柳春話（1878‐79）〈織田純一郎訳〉一「市井を距ること凡そ四里許にして、一つの荒原(コウゲン)あり」〔晁補之‐呉松道中詩〕② 草本植物がまばらに生えているような、被度の低い植物群落の総称。砂漠やツンドラなどの荒地にみられ、生育する植物の種類も一般に少ない。乾荒原、寒地荒原、海岸荒原、転移荒原、岩質荒原、硫気荒原に分けられる。

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