地
ち
earth; ground; land; soil
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Noun, suffix
earth; ground; land; soil- place
- territory
- bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
- earth (one of the five elements)
All 18 meanings
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)
Example sentences
地は産物を出せり。
The earth hath yielded her increase.
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He is Sandayu Momochi.
最終目的地はどこですか?
What is your final destination?
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He doesn't have his feet on the ground.
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He doesn't have his feet on the ground.
More examples (10)
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Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.
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The earth hath yielded her increase.
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I'm all alone in a foreign country.
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The president is a down-to-earth kind of man.
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The suit materials of this sort will not stand up well.
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As the time of the interview draws near, I feel like a cat on hot bricks.
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She reconciled herself to living there.
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Which one will be our final resting place?
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Her dress has white spots on a blue background.
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The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.