noun

良 is ateji.
  1. field, farm.

noun used as a prefix, noun

  1. stray (dog, cat, etc.).

noun

Video games. Messages.net-sl.
  1. stranger (in an online multiplayer game), random player, playing with strangers.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
野良 のら

Contained Kanji Breakdown

plains, field, rustic
ヤ の ショ (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
beforehand, previous, myself
ヨ あらかじ.め シャ (3rd, N3)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant