土（つち）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: soil/earth
Example sentences
- 庭の土に花の種をまく。 — I sow flower seeds in the garden soil.
- 雨で土がやわらかくなった。 — The rain softened the soil.
Idioms & proverbs containing “土”
- 土壇場 (どたんば) — last moment; eleventh hour
- 九層の台は累土より起こる (きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる) — many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
- 十万億土 (じゅうまんおくど) — eternity; paradise
- 王道楽土 (おうどうらくど) — Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
- 寂光浄土 (じゃっこうじょうど) — paradise
- 極楽浄土 (ごくらくじょうど) — Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
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