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
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.