also: かくど
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
foreign topsoil; introduced soil
Agricultural term for soil brought from elsewhere to improve the existing soil. Used as a noun or in する constructions.
この畑には客土を入れて土壌改良を行った。
We improved the soil of this field by introducing foreign topsoil.
農家は毎年、田んぼに客土している。
The farmer introduces foreign topsoil to the rice paddy every year.
noun
distant land; faraway destination
Formal or literary term for a far-off place or foreign land. Rare in modern everyday speech.
彼は客土に旅立った。
He set out for a distant land.