ツチ
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
Pitch accent
ツ
チ
Used in vocabulary (53 in total)
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
black terracotta; black soil
cloud of dust
country; territory; domain; realm
dust; cloud of dust
mud wall
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
lump of earth; clod
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
earthenware pot
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
red clay; red earth; laterite; dark-red paint
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
dungeon; underground prison
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
arch of the foot; plantar arch
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
keeping soil in good condition
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
mounding earth; earthwork; banking; mounded earth; embankment; mound
making things out of dirt (for fun)
subsoil
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
unglazed earthenware
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
piling up or covering with earth
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
rich soil
barren soil
bare ground revealed by melting snow
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
earth taken from elsewhere and placed atop
gloss; sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)
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)
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
adding soil to a flowerbed
blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
paper clay
great burdock sold covered with soil
decomposed granite
earth cut; cutting
clay, straw, etc. mix used for rough undercoat of wall; cob
clay, straw, etc. mix used for intermediary wall coating
earth sieve; dirt sifter
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.