Usage patterns 土と 地ち を 買か う to buy a piece of land
I want to buy land in the countryside and build a house.
土と 地ち に 慣な れる to get used to a place/area
It took me six months after moving to get used to this area.
土と 地ち を 売う る to sell a piece of land
My father sold the land he inherited from our ancestors.
土と 地ち を 持も つ to own land
He owns a large piece of land in Tokyo.
土と 地ち が 高たか い land is expensive
Land in the city center is so expensive that it's hard to build a house.
Expressions 土と 地ち の 人ひと local people; natives of the area Related words· 12 地面 emphasizes the physical ground surface, while 土地 refers to a defined plot of land, often with ownership or locality implied.
地域 is a formal term for an administrative or statistical area, while 土地 in this sense carries a more personal, land-rooted sense of a locality.
敷地 is a specific plot of land set aside for a building or facility, while 土地 is the broader, more general term for land as property or area.
地方 usually refers to a region outside the capital or a large-scale area, while 土地 can describe any locality, large or small, with a sense of local character.
Show 8 more Show fewer 不動産 is the formal legal/business term for real estate including land and buildings, whereas 土地 refers specifically to the land itself.
土地 is a general word for land or ground of any kind, while 用地 specifically means land set aside for a particular use, such as construction or a facility.
土地 is the general word for land or ground, while 宅地 specifically denotes land designated or used for building a residence.
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.
Word family· 22 excavation site; site where an artifact was unearthed
familiarity with the land; local knowledge; sense of place
local character; nature of a place
land price
land ethics
Show 5 more Show fewer land use
land expropriation; compulsory purchase of land
each locality; each place; each region
land speculation; real-estate speculation
land investment; investment in land
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Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 土 “earth, land” and 地 “ground, place,” referring to land, soil, or a locality.
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