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
Kanji used
earth
Pitch accent
Top 2100
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
cloud of dust
country; territory; domain; realm
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
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)
to bury in the ground
dust; cloud of dust
black terracotta; black soil
to die; (lit.) to become earth
dungeon; underground prison
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
to cover with earth
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
to die; (lit.) to become earth
keeping soil in good condition
to level the ground
making things out of dirt (for fun)
keeping soil in good condition
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
piling up or covering with earth
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
unglazed earthenware
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
bare ground revealed by melting snow
barren soil
gloss; sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
bare ground revealed by melting snow
decomposed granite
to rain dust; to have a dust storm
clay, straw, etc. mix used for intermediary wall coating
earth cut; cutting
earth cut; cutting
adding soil to a flowerbed
great burdock sold covered with soil
great burdock sold covered with soil
clay, straw, etc. mix used for rough undercoat of wall; cob
great burdock sold covered with soil
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
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.