ツチ
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
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
black terracotta; black soil
cloud of dust
country; territory; domain; realm
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
dust; cloud of dust
mud wall
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
earthenware pot
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
dungeon; underground prison
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
keeping soil in good condition
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
subsoil
making things out of dirt (for fun)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
piling up or covering with earth
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
unglazed earthenware
rich soil
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
barren soil
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.)
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
adding soil to a flowerbed
blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
paper clay
great burdock sold covered with soil
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.