Slash-and-burn agriculture

Japanese: 焼畑 - やきはた

〘Noun〙 (also "yakibata") A primitive method of farming. Burning weeds and brush in grasslands and mountainous areas, then sowing and cultivating buckwheat, barnyard millet, wheat, foxtail millet, soybeans, etc. in the scorched area. Also refers to such fields. They are used continuously for several years, and when the soil fertility declines or the weeds become thriving, they are left alone and used again several years or a dozen years later. Switched fields. Nagihata (sawn fields). Kirihata (cut fields). Yakibatake (yakibata ). Yakebata (yakibata). Yakebata (yakibata). [Season: Spring] [Wamyosho, 10 volumes (around 934)]

Yake-batake [slash-and-burn]

〘Noun〙① = yakihata (burnt fields)《Season: Spring》② Fields that have dried up due to a drought. ※Haiku poem, Kashima Kikou (1687) "Imo no ha ya Tsukimachi no yakihata" [Additional note] There is also a theory that the example in ② is "yakihata".

Yakebata [slash-and-burn]

〘Noun〙 = yakihata (burnt fields) {Season: Spring} ※Bandai (1248-49) miscellany "The yakihata at the end of the mountain path has taken on the appearance of a village where people live (Gyoson) "

Yai-bata (slash-and-burn)

〘Noun〙 A variation of the word "yakihata (burnt fields)". 《Season: Spring》 [Wamyosho, 20 volumes (around 934)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「やきばた」とも) 原始的農耕法の一つ。草地や山間の地などで雑草・雑木などを焼き、その焼跡に蕎麦(そば)・稗(ひえ)・麦・粟・大豆などをまきつけて、栽培すること。また、その畑。数年間続けて利用し、地力が衰えたり雑草が旺盛になったりすると放置し、数年あるいは十数年後再び用いる。切替畑。薙畑(なぎはた)。切畑。やきばたけ。やけばた。やけばたけ。やいばた。《季・春》〔十巻本和名抄（934頃）〕