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JLPT N3 · Noun

地 (chi)

地 (ち, chi) is a Japanese noun meaning “earth; ground”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ち
Romaji
chi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. earth; ground; land; soil · noun, suffix noun
  2. place · noun, suffix noun
  3. territory · noun, suffix noun
  4. bottom (of a package, book, etc.) · noun, suffix noun
  5. earth (one of the five elements) · noun, suffix noun

Example sentences

どっちが最終的な安息の地となるんだろう。
Which one will be our final resting place?
Tatoeba #200694
これらの国々はヨーロッパ文明発祥の地である。
European civilization had its birth in these lands.
Tatoeba #217904

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 地

地
ground, earthチ・ジ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 地.

地図ちずmap地下鉄ちかてつsubway地震じしんearthquake地理ちりgeography地味じみplain生地きじcloth意地いじstubbornness地位ちい(social) position地域ちいきarea地下ちかunderground地球ちきゅうEarth地区ちくdistrict地方ちほうdistrict土地とちplot of land

Source: JMdict entry 1420730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.