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JLPT N3 · Noun

地下 (chika)

地下 (ちか, chika) is a Japanese noun meaning “underground; below the ground”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ちか
Romaji
chika
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. underground; below the ground · noun, noun taking の
  2. world of the dead; the grave · noun
  3. underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding · noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

そして汚水を流すために地下に下水道を持っていた。
The house has pipes under the ground to carry dirty water away.
Tatoeba #213514
彼は地下活動の疑いをかけられた。
He was suspected of underground action.
Tatoeba #102230

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

Kanji in 地下

地
ground, earthチ・ジ · 6 strokes
下
below, down, descendカ・ゲ・した・しも · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 地下.

地図ちずmap地下鉄ちかてつsubway地震じしんearthquake地理ちりgeography地ちearth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 1420840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.