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地面 (じめん, jimen) Japanese meaning: ground | Kotomora
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The ground is wet from the rain.
The children drew pictures on the ground.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 地じ 面めん に 落お ちる for something to fall to the ground
An apple fell from the tree to the ground.
地じ 面めん を 掘ほ る to dig the ground
The dog is digging in the yard.
地じ 面めん に 座すわ る to sit on the ground
The children were sitting on the ground drawing pictures.
地じ 面めん が 凍こお る for the ground to freeze
It was so cold this morning that the ground had frozen.
Related words 土地 is the everyday word for land as property or real estate, while 地面 more often refers to the physical ground surface underfoot.
地表 describes the earth's surface in a technical or geographic sense, while 地面 is the plain everyday word for the ground.
大地 evokes the earth or land on a grand, poetic scale, while 地面 simply means the ground right under one's feet.
地面 specifically means the surface of the ground, while 土 can refer to the soil or dirt itself, whether on the ground or elsewhere.
地面 is the everyday word for the ground's surface, while 地 read ち is shorter and often used in literary or set phrases like 地に倒れる.
Don't confuse with 床 refers to an indoor floor, whereas 地面 refers to outdoor ground or the earth's surface, so learners should not use them interchangeably.
地面 is the visible surface of the ground you stand on, while 地盤 refers to the deeper geological stratum or structural base beneath it.
Written forms 地じ 面めん Usage 99%
Standard and common kanji spelling for the physical ground and, less often, a parcel of land.
じめん Usage 1%
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 地, meaning earth or ground, and 面, meaning surface or face; literally, the surface of the ground.
