築つき地じ

noun

reclaimed land; landfill

Refers to land created by filling in a body of water, often for construction or development. The term is also famously part of the place name 築地市場 (Tsukiji Market), which was built on reclaimed land.

• この地ち域いきはもともと海うみだったが、築つき地じによって広ひろげられた。

  This area was originally sea, but it was expanded by land reclamation.

• 築つき地じ市し場じょうはその名なの通とおり、埋うめ立たて地ちに作つくられた。

  Tsukiji Market, as its name suggests, was built on reclaimed land.