台だい地ち

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

plateau; tableland

A flat elevated landform; used in geography and everyday description.

この台だい地ちは昔むかし、海うみの底そこだったそうです。
This plateau is said to have been the bottom of the sea long ago.
台だい地ちの上うえには広ひろい牧ぼく場じょうが広ひろがっている。
A wide pasture spreads across the top of the plateau.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に台だい地ちが広ひろがるa plateau spreads/extends across a place
この地ち域いきには広こう大だいな台だい地ちが広ひろがっている。
A vast plateau extends across this region.
台だい地ちが形けい成せいされるa plateau is formed (geologically)
火か山ざん活かつ動どうによって台だい地ちが形けい成せいされた。
The plateau was formed by volcanic activity.
台だい地ち上じょうに〈物もの〉があるsomething is located on top of the plateau
台だい地ち上じょうに古ふるい神じん社じゃがある。
There is an old shrine on top of the plateau.

Kanji

台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
地ground, earth

Related words

高こう原げんN1
高原 refers to an elevated highland often associated with cool climate and resorts, while 台地 emphasizes a flat-topped landform regardless of altitude.
平へい地ち
平地 is flat land in general that need not be elevated, whereas 台地 specifically denotes elevated flat terrain.
高たか台だい
台地 is the formal geological term for a plateau or tableland, whereas 高台 is the everyday word for any raised, elevated spot.

Opposites

低てい地ち
低地 is low-lying land, the opposite of 台地 which sits at a higher elevation with a flat top.

Don't confuse with

高たか台だい
高台 is a more general term for any raised area or elevated spot, while 台地 is a specific geographic term for a broad, flat-topped landform.
平だいら
台地 is a standalone noun for 'plateau' usable on its own, whereas 平 functions only as a place-name suffix and cannot stand alone.

Word family

溶よう岩がん台だい地ち
lava plateau
開かい析せき台だい地ち
dissected plateau

Etymology

Compound of 台 (dai, 'platform') and 地 (chi, 'land'), literally 'platform land'.