Word · 単語
地
Reading ち
earth
- 1 earth, ground, land, soil
- 2 place
- 3 territory
- 4 bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
- 5 earth (one of the five elements)
N3
JLPT
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strokes
#311
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
雨降って地固まる。
Adversity strengthens the foundations.
sense 1 · earth
彼女のドレスは青い地に白の水玉模様がある。
Her dress has white spots on a blue background.
sense 4 · bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
どっちが最終的な安息の地となるんだろう。
Which one will be our final resting place?
sense 2 · place
これらの国々はヨーロッパ文明発祥の地である。
European civilization had its birth in these lands.
sense 3 · territory
その推理小説は地の文よりも会話の部分の方が多い。
The mystery contains more dialogue than narrative.