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ねばつち
Meanings
Noun
1. clay
Alt. forms
粘ねん土ど
90%
へな
3%
ねんど
2%
埴へな
2%
ねばつち
埴へな土つち
Pitch accent
ね
ばつち
Used in: 7
Composed of
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
Examples (4 in total)
Bricks consist mostly of clay.
The heat of the sun hardens clay.
He hardened clay by putting it into a fire.
He made a little statue out of soft clay.