地ち上じょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface

Refers to the surface of the earth or the area above ground, often contrasted with 地下 (underground). Used both as a noun and adjectivally with の.

Antonyms: 地下

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

this world; this earth

Used in a more figurative or literary sense to mean the mortal world or earthly existence, as opposed to heaven or the afterlife.

〈物もの〉が地ち上じょうに降おりるfor something to descend/land on the ground
パラシュートで地ち上じょうに降おりた。
He descended to the ground by parachute.
地ち上じょう〈数かず〉メートル... meters above the ground
そのビルは地ち上じょう200メートルの高たかさがある。
The building is 200 meters above the ground.

地ち表ひょう sense 1
地表 is a more technical/geographic term for the earth's surface, while 地上 is the everyday word for 'above ground'.
下げ界かい
地上 simply means the physical ground or surface of the earth, while 下界 carries the sense of looking down at that world from a higher vantage point.
地ち球きゅう上じょう
地球上 specifically emphasizes existence on the planet Earth as a whole (often scientific), while 地上 just means 'on the ground/surface' as opposed to underground or in the sky.
陸りく上じょうN1
陸上 specifically contrasts with the sea (海上), while 地上 more broadly contrasts with underground or the sky (上空).

天てん国ごくN2sense 2
天国 'heaven' contrasts with 地上 in its figurative sense of 'this mortal world'.
地ち下かN4sense 1
underground; below the ground · the grave; world of the dead · underground (activities); secret; illegal
空くう中ちゅうN2
地上 means on the ground or earth's surface, the direct opposite of 空中, which means up in the air.

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天てん空くう
地上 refers to the ground or earth's surface, the physical opposite of 天空, the sky above.
地ち中ちゅう
地上 means 'above ground, on the surface', the direct opposite of 地中 'underground, in the ground'.
上じょう空くうN1
地上 refers to the ground level, the natural opposite of 上空, the sky high above.

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Compound of 地 (earth, ground) and 上 (above, on). The reading ちじょう is the standard on'yomi combination.