地じすべり

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

Refers to the natural disaster where earth, rocks, or debris slide down a slope. Often used in news and disaster contexts.

大おお雨あめで地じすべりが発はっ生せいした。
A landslide occurred due to heavy rain.
地じすべり警けい戒かい区く域いきに指し定ていされた。
It was designated as a landslide warning area.

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Kanji

地ground, earth
滑slippery, slide, slip
辷glide, skate, slip

Related words

土ど砂しゃ崩くずれN2
地滑り refers to a broader, often slower and larger-scale movement of land, whereas 土砂崩れ describes a sudden collapse of earth and sand.
雪崩なだれN1
雪崩 specifically involves snow, whereas 地滑り describes a slower slippage of soil or ground, often after heavy rain.
崖がけ崩くずれN2
崖崩れ describes a cliff face giving way, whereas 地滑り refers to a wider slope of ground sliding, not necessarily a cliff.
山やま崩くずれ
地滑り is the general term for any slope failure of soil and rock, whereas 山崩れ specifically means a mountain or large hillside caving in.

Written forms

地じすべりUsage87%
Standard modern spelling; preferred in news and general use.
地じ滑すべりUsage13%
Alternate kanji spelling using 滑; less common but still encountered.
地じ辷すべり
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form with 辷.

Etymology

Compound of 地 (ji, 'earth, ground') and 滑り (suberi, 'sliding'), the nominalized form of 滑る (suberu, 'to slide'). The spelling 地すべり uses the kana すべり to avoid the less common kanji 辷り.