地ち下か

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

underground; below the ground

Physical space beneath the surface; often used for subways, basements, and subterranean facilities. Antonym: 地上 (above ground).

Antonyms: 地上

• 地ち下か鉄てつは地ち下かを走はしる。

  The subway runs underground.

• このビルには地ち下か駐ちゅう車しゃ場じょうがある。

  This building has an underground parking lot.

noun

the grave; world of the dead

Metaphorical use referring to the realm of the dead; often in literary or fixed expressions.

• 彼かれは地ち下かに眠ねむる多おおくの戦せん没ぼつ者しゃを思おもった。

  He thought of the many war dead sleeping beneath the ground.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

underground (activities); secret; illegal

Describes covert, clandestine, or illegal operations, movements, or organizations.

• 彼かれらは地ち下か組そ織しきを作つくって抵てい抗こうした。

  They formed an underground organization and resisted.

• 地ち下か出しゅっ版ぱんで情じょう報ほうを広ひろめた。

  They spread information through underground publishing.