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地(ち)

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noun, noun, used as a suffix

  1. earth; ground; land; soil
  2. place

    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?

  3. territory

    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.

  4. bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
  5. earth (one of the five elements)

地(つち)

土(つち)
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noun

  1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud

    農家の人達は鋤で土を耕す。

    Farmers turn up the soil with plows.

  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

Other forms

つし

地(じ)

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noun

  1. ground; land; earth; soil

    雨降って地固まる。

    Adversity strengthens the foundations.

    More examples (1)

    この種の洋服地は持ちがよくないだろう。

    The suit materials of this sort will not stand up well.

  2. the region in question; the local area
  3. skin
  4. texture; fabric; material; weave

    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.

  5. base; background
  6. one's true nature
  7. narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
  8. real life; actuality
  9. territory

    go (game)

  10. noh chorus
  11. accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
  12. basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
  13. base part (of multiple shamisens)