Refers to a specific area of ground, often in the context of ownership, use, or physical characteristics. Can also mean soil or earth as a material.
He bought a plot of land in the suburbs.
This soil is suitable for growing vegetables.
Used for a broader area or locality, often with a sense of the land's character or connection to people. Common in phrases like 土地の人 (local people) or 土地の言葉 (local dialect).
I asked a local person for directions.
The customs of this region are interesting.
I want to buy land in the countryside and build a house.
It took me six months after moving to get used to this area.
My father sold the land he inherited from our ancestors.
He owns a large piece of land in Tokyo.
Land in the city center is so expensive that it's hard to build a house.
土地 is the everyday, general word for land or a plot of ground, while ランド is a katakana term used mainly in names and compounds like キッズランド.
土地 usually refers to a specific plot or parcel of land (as property), whereas 大地 is the broad, unbounded earth itself.
土地 is a general, everyday word for land or plots of ground, while 国土 specifically means the land of a nation as a whole.
土地 refers to land as a plot of property or area, whereas 土壌 refers to the soil substance itself, not the land as a whole.
土地 is a general, everyday word for land or a plot of ground, lacking the connotation of rule or ownership that 領地 has.
land price
land ethics