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► 成句
  [(2)つち]  [土が付く]    meaning:  lose  rank: 4
☆ 十五連勝中だったタイガースについに土がいた ⇨ The Tigers who had been on a 15-game winning streak finally got dirt, lost  (☛ From sumo)

► 名詞
  [(2)つち]    meaning:  soil  rank: 2
☆ が土を掘っている ⇨ A dog is digging up the soil, dirt


More examples:
  • の土をした ⇨ He leveled the dirt in his yard
  • 彼女は土壇場になって尻込みした ⇨ She got cold feet at the last minute
  • は土砂崩れで全壊した ⇨ His house was destroyed by a mudslide
  • このには民主主義育つ土壌がい ⇨ This country has no soil for democracy to grow
  • 相手を土俵際にがぶり寄った ⇨ He pushed the opponent little by little to the edge of the ring
  • この土地は耕作いていない ⇨ This land is not suited for cultivation
  • の土をこした ⇨ He dug up (and aerated) the yard soil
  • 土砂崩れで十行方不明になっている ⇨ 10 people are missing after a mudslide
  • は粘土を練っにした ⇨ He kneaded the clay into a pot shape
  • このには民主主義の土壌がない ⇨ This country doesn’t have the foundation for democracy
  • 土建屋 ⇨ A construction company
  • 土砂崩れで十死亡した ⇨ 10 people died in the mudslide
  • さんが出張の御土産を買ってきた (おみやげ) ⇨ Dad brought some local food from his business trip
  • は七十にしてめて異国の土を踏んだ ⇨ He stepped on foreign soil for the first time when he was 70
  • 粘土の模型 ⇨ A clay model