| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 地球 | ちきゅう |
Pronunciation: chikyū
How to Say It Outloud: chee-kyoo
Usage: Refers to the planet Earth
Example Sentence Japanese:
地球は広いです。
地球は広いです。Example Sentence English:The Earth is vast.
The Earth is vast.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 地 | ち |
Pronunciation: chi
How to Say It Outloud: chee
Usage: Refers to the ground or land; also used in compound words
Example Sentence Japanese:地面に犬がいます。
地面に犬がいます。Example Sentence English:There is a dog on the ground.
There is a dog on the ground.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 土 | つち |
Pronunciation: tsuchi
How to Say It Outloud: tsoo-chee
Usage: Refers to soil or earth as a material
Example Sentence Japanese:土が乾燥しています。
土が乾燥しています。Example Sentence English:The soil is dry.
The soil is dry.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 地面 | じめん |
Pronunciation: jimen
How to Say It Outloud: jee-men
Usage: Refers to the surface of the ground
Example Sentence Japanese:地面が濡れています。
地面が濡れています。Example Sentence English:The ground is wet.
The ground is wet.Dictionary
地球ちきゅうCommon wordjlpt-n3
Noun- Earth; the globe
- Earth
地ちCommon wordjlpt-n3
NounNoun, used as a suffix
- earth; ground; land; soil
Noun, used as a suffix
- place
Noun, used as a suffix
- territory
Noun, used as a suffix
- bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
Noun, used as a suffix
- earth (one of the five elements)
大地だいちCommon word
Noun- earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
土つちCommon wordjlpt-n3
Noun- earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
- the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
- low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
- (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
黄土おうど
Noun- loess
- yellow ochre; yellow ocher
- Hades; hell; underworld; world of the dead
- Loess
接地せっち
NounSuru verb
- ground; earth; grounding; earthing
Suru verb
- touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
- Ground (electricity)
輿地よち
Noun- earth; world
黄壌こうじょう
Noun- yellow soil; loess
- Hades; hell; underworld; world of the dead
アースアースCommon word
NounSuru verb
Intransitive verb
Transitive verb
- earth; ground; earthing; grounding
- Earth
一体いったいCommon wordjlpt-n3
Adverb (fukushi)- (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth
- one object; one body; unity
- one form; one style
- one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)
Adverb (fukushi)
- generally; in general
ど
Noun- Saturday
- earth; dirt; soil
- land; lands; ground
- earth (third of the five elements)
- Do
地球上ちきゅうじょうCommon word
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'- on Earth
国くにCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- country; state
- region
- national government; central government
- home (i.e. hometown, home country)
- province (of Japan)
- land; earth
土色つちいろ
Noun- earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
土気色つちけいろ
Noun- earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
地水火風空ちすいかふうくう
Noun- earth, water, fire, wind and void (the five elements)
地べたじべた
Noun- ground; (bare) earth
じ
Noun- ground; land; earth; soil
- the region in question; the local area
- skin
- texture; fabric; material; weave
- base; background
- one's true nature
- narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
- real life; actuality
- captured territory
- noh chorus
- accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
- basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
- base part (of multiple shamisens)
地表ちひょうCommon word
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- surface of the earth; ground surface
下界げかい
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- the world; the earth
- this world (as opposed to heaven)
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