► 成句
土 [(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付いた ⇨ The Tigers who had been on a 15-game winning streak finally got dirt, lost (☛ From sumo)
► 名詞
土 [(2)つち] meaning: soil rank: 2
☆ 犬が土を掘っている ⇨ A dog is digging up the soil, dirt
More examples:
- 土壇場で怖気づく情けない奴 ⇨ A pathetic guy who gets cold feet at the crunch time
- 彼等は何千年も前からこの地域に土着していた ⇨ They have been living in the area for thousands of years
- 土砂崩れで十人が死亡した ⇨ 10 people died in the mudslide
- 土地登記の内容は公告される ⇨ The contents of the property registration will be publicized
- お父さんがお土産を買って来た ⇨ Dad bought souvenirs and came home
- 粘土の模型 ⇨ A clay model
- カナダは広大な国土を持つ ⇨ Canada has a vast territory
- 土砂崩れで山の斜面がのっぺらぼうになった ⇨ The slope of the mountain became completely featureless without trees by the mudslide
- 彼は七十才にして初めて異国の土を踏んだ ⇨ He stepped on foreign soil for the first time when he was 70
- 彼等は隣の国の領土を侵した ⇨ They encroached on the territory of the neighboring country
- この国には民主主義の土壌がない ⇨ This country doesn’t have the foundation for democracy
- 米国は敵に本土を攻撃されたことが無かった ⇨ US had never been attacked in the main land by an enemy
- 政府が飛行場建築のための土地を買い上げた ⇨ The government bought the land for the airport construction
- 彼はどっさりお土産を持って帰ってきた ⇨ He came home with tons of souvenirs
- その地方の独特の風土から生まれた料理 ⇨ The cuisine born out of the unique nature of the region