土
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)
Other spellings
地
Other readings
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
つち
Used in vocabulary
土蜘蛛
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
Noun
土団子
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
Noun
土御門神道
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
Noun
Examples11
農家
Farmers turn up the soil with plows.
だって
Because we'll all fall down on the cold ground.
彼の
The land on his farm is very fertile.
種
Cover the seeds with a little earth.
この
This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.
彼女
She put new soil in the flower pot.