Noun
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
春になると畑をほりかえして種をまきます。When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds. Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
field (of specialization); sphere; area; line
ばたけ when a suffix
Noun
womb; birth; birthplace
Colloquial
Also written 畠【はたけ】