► 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:
- 米の耕作に向いた土壌 ⇨ The soil suitable for rice cultivation
- 日本各地の郷土料理 ⇨ Local cuisines from various places in Japan
- 貴重な化石が出土した ⇨ A rare fossil was unearthed
- 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
- 私は祖父母を訪ねる子供に土産を持たせた ⇨ I had my kids who visit their grandparents carry some gifts
- 土砂崩れで家は土台から流された ⇨ The house was washed away from the foundation by the mudslide
- この国には民主主義の土壌がない ⇨ This country doesn’t have the foundation for democracy
- 風土病 ⇨ An endemic disease
- 土建屋 ⇨ A construction company
- 川の土手 ⇨ An embankment of a river
- この土地は米の栽培に有利な条件が揃っている ⇨ This land has all the advantages for growing rice
- 肥沃な土地 ⇨ A fertile land
- 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
- その土地の登記は彼の名義でされている ⇨ The property is registered under his name
- 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