► 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:
- 土砂崩れで十数名が生き埋めになった ⇨ 10-plus people have been buried alive by the landslide
- 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
- 空港は埋め立てた土地に作られている ⇨ The airport is built on an artificially filled land
- 彼等は土壇場で試合を逆転した ⇨ They took the lead of the game at the very end
- 土建屋 ⇨ A construction company
- 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
- 彼女は土壇場になって尻込みした ⇨ She got cold feet at the last minute
- 彼の家は土砂崩れで全壊した ⇨ His house was destroyed by a mudslide
- 彼女は土壇場で考えを変えた ⇨ She changed her mind in the last minute
- このトンネルで島と本土が直通するようになった ⇨ This tunnel directly connects the island and the mainland
- お父さんがお土産を買って来た ⇨ Dad has bought souvenirs and came home
- 力士が土俵入りを奉納した ⇨ Sumo wrestlers dedicated the fighting rituals at a shrine
- 彼は土葬された ⇨ He was buried (after death)
- 彼は庭の土を起こした ⇨ He dug up (and aerated) the yard soil
- カナダは広大な国土を持つ ⇨ Canada has a vast territory