土ど性せい

noun

soil texture; soil properties

Technical term in agriculture and soil science, referring to the physical composition and characteristics of soil.

• この地ち域いきの土ど性せいは粘ねん土ど質しつで、水みずはけが悪わるい。

  The soil texture in this area is clayey and drains poorly.

noun

earth (in Wu Xing)

Used in the context of Wu Xing (the Five Elements), where 土性 represents the earth element. Rare outside philosophical or traditional contexts.

See also: 五行

• 五ご行ぎょう説せつでは、土ど性せいは中ちゅう央おうを司つかさどるとされる。

  In Wu Xing theory, the earth element is said to govern the center.