土台 – Vocabulary details

土ど台だい

Meanings

Noun

1. foundation; base; basis

その土ど台だいくらいは作つくれる。I can at least build that foundation.

Adverb

2. from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

often in negative contexts

そんなことは、普ふ通つうなら土ど台だい無む理りな話はなしだろう。Such a thing would, under normal circumstances, be impossible from the outset.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

土

earth

台

pedestal

Pitch accent

ど

だい

Used in: 1303

Composed of

土ど

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

台だい

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

土ど台だい作づくり

groundwork; (lit.) laying the foundation

土ど台だい石いし

cornerstone; foundation stone

土ど台だいづくり

groundwork; (lit.) laying the foundation

Examples (8 in total)

よし、土ど台だいはできたぞ。

Alright, the foundation is done.

食しょく事じは生せい活かつの土ど台だいである。

Meals are the foundation of life.

土ど台だいはコンクリートで固かためられている。

The foundation is bedded in concrete.

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