つち
Meanings
Noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
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
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
dust; cloud of dust
cloud of dust
to die; (lit.) to become earth
dungeon; underground prison
to bury in the ground
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
unglazed earthenware
barren soil
country; territory; domain; realm
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
mud wall
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
earthenware pot
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
black terracotta; black soil
smelling of earth; rustic
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
to harden earth into a mass
keeping soil in good condition
to cover with earth
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
to die; (lit.) to become earth
subsoil
to level the ground
making things out of dirt (for fun)
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
piling up or covering with earth
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
rich soil
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
bare ground revealed by melting snow
gloss; sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)
decomposed granite
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
to rain dust; to have a dust storm
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
adding soil to a flowerbed
blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
paper clay
great burdock sold covered with soil
great burdock sold covered with soil
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
earth cut; cutting
clay, straw, etc. mix used for rough undercoat of wall; cob
clay, straw, etc. mix used for intermediary wall coating
Examples (4 in total)
The fields dry up, and the soil cracks.
The air is soft, the soil moist.
The land on his farm is very fertile.