土つち
Meanings
Noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
I want to believe it is because the soil is soft.
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
3. low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
4. (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌
Kanji used
earth
Pitch accent
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Top 2100
Used in vocabulary (80 in total)
cloud of dust
country; territory; domain; realm
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
earthenware pot
lump of earth; clod
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
red clay; red earth; laterite; dark-red paint
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
to bury in the ground
dust; cloud of dust
black terracotta; black soil
smelling of earth; rustic
to die; (lit.) to become earth
dungeon; underground prison
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
to defeat; to beat
to lose; to be defeated
to cover with earth
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
to harden earth into a mass
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
to die; (lit.) to become earth
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
keeping soil in good condition
mounding earth; earthwork; banking; mounded earth; embankment; mound
to lose; to be defeated
to defeat; to beat
to level the ground
making things out of dirt (for fun)
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
keeping soil in good condition
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
unglazed earthenware
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
piling up or covering with earth
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
mounding earth; earthwork; banking; mounded earth; embankment; mound
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
bare ground revealed by melting snow
barren soil
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
gloss; sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)
earth taken from elsewhere and placed atop
making things out of dirt (for fun)
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
rammed earth; pisé (de terre); paste (for making pottery)
arch of the foot; plantar arch
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
bare ground revealed by melting snow
to rain dust; to have a dust storm
rammed earth; pisé (de terre); paste (for making pottery)
clay, straw, etc. mix used for intermediary wall coating
earth cut; cutting
earth cut; cutting
adding soil to a flowerbed
great burdock sold covered with soil
great burdock sold covered with soil
decomposed granite
clay, straw, etc. mix used for rough undercoat of wall; cob
earth sieve; dirt sifter
great burdock sold covered with soil
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
Examples (26 in total)
The ground is swelling up.
I want to believe it is because the soil is soft.
I set foot on Japanese soil for the first time.