Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. underground; below the ground
Noun
2. world of the dead; the grave
Adjective (の)
Noun
3. underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding
Kanji used
ground
below
Pitch accent
Top 2000
Composed of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (31 in total)
cellar; basement
underground train; subway
subterranean tunnel
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
underground water
second basement level; subbasement
to go underground; to go into hiding
semibasement; semi-basement
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway
member of a non-famous boy band or girl group; (lit.) underground idol
underground organization; underground organisation
second basement level; subbasement
underground resources
basement floor; underground floor
underground activity; underground activities; underground movement
underground shopping arcade connected to a station
underground lake; subterranean lake
underground publication; underground publishing; samizdat
underground activities
clandestine bank; underground bank
burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)
underground economy; black economy
underground wire or cable
underground train station
underground activities; secret maneuvering
London Underground mosquito (Culex pipiens f. molestus)
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
Examples (3 in total)
There is a shopping district underground.
The laundry room is in the basement.
The treaty did not ban nuclear tests under the ground.