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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
Alt. forms
土つち
98%
つち
地つち
Pitch accent
つ
ち
Used in: 108
Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
to die; (lit.) to become earth
lump of earth; clod
to bury in the ground
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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.
When the soil is good, things grow quickly, you see.
This soil is very sticky.
The fields dry up, and the soil cracks.
The bag was stuffed full of dirt.
I set foot in my hometown for the first time in ten years.
Please bury the ashes in the ground.
The men were covered in dirt from head to toe.
A fox's den is underground.
Carefully peeling off the soil by hand.
The air is soft, the soil moist.
The land on his farm is very fertile.
The dry soil crumbled in my hand.
However, the amount of scattered soil is not significant.
This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.
There was a spot where the soil had been unnaturally piled up.
Green weeds appear as if pushed out by the soil.
This is made by piling up and shaping the earth with magic.
Rivers that flow through forests are the color of the soil.
Just in case, I lay down a cloth so that it is okay even if the soil spills.
The soil around here is poor, so vegetables don't grow well.
Then, she gently covered it with soft soil from above.
People live on the land, and there is water and soil.
At the same time, the stubborn dirt clinging to the shirt is being broken down.