地じ取どり

noun

layout; laying out

Used for planning the arrangement of a garden, building, or ground plan. Often refers to the process of marking out positions on the ground.

• 庭にわの地じ取どりをしてから植うえ木きを置おいた。

  After laying out the garden, we placed the plants.

noun

taking space; gaining territory

Go (囲碁) term: securing or expanding one's area on the board.

• 序じょ盤ばんで地じ取どりを優ゆう先せんする戦せん略りゃくもある。

  There is also a strategy of prioritizing territory-taking in the opening.

noun

training in one's own stable

Sumo term: practice held within a wrestler's own stable, as opposed to joint training with other stables.

• 今日きょうは出で稽げい古こではなく地じ取どりの日ひだ。

  Today is a day for training in our own stable, not visiting another.

noun

legwork; on-the-ground investigation

Police abbreviation of 地取り捜査 (じどりそうさ): investigative work such as interviewing neighbors and searching the area.

See also: 地取り捜査

• 刑けい事じたちは地じ取どりを続つづけている。

  The detectives are continuing their legwork.