地ち理り

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

geography

Refers to the academic subject, the physical features of a region, or geographical characteristics.

彼かれは大だい学がくで地ち理りを専せん攻こうしている。

He is majoring in geography at university.

この地ち域いきの地ち理りは複ふく雑ざつだ。

The geography of this region is complex.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は地ち理りに詳くわしいsomeone is knowledgeable about geography
彼かれは日本にほんの地ち理りに詳くわしい。
He knows a lot about Japan's geography.
地ち理りを学まなぶto study geography
大だい学がくで地ち理りを学まなんでいます。
I'm studying geography at university.
地ち理りの授じゅ業ぎょうgeography class
今日きょうは地ち理りの授じゅ業ぎょうで川かわの流ながれについて習ならった。
Today in geography class we learned about the flow of rivers.

Kanji

地ground, earth
理logic, arrangement, reason

Related words

地ち形けいN1
地形 refers specifically to the physical shape of the land (terrain), while 地理 covers the broader study of a region including human and physical features.
地ち誌し
地誌 is a descriptive account or record of a particular region's geography, whereas 地理 is the general academic field or the geographical facts themselves.

Don't confuse with

地ち図ずN5
地図 is a concrete map used as a tool, while 地理 is the abstract subject or set of geographical facts that a map represents.

Word family· 13

古こ地ち理り
paleogeography; past geography
地ち理り学がく
geography
地ち理り極きょく
geographical pole
地ち理り的てき
geographical; geographic

Written forms

地ち理りUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling for geography; high-frequency word.
ちりUsage5%

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound inherited from classical Chinese 地理, literally the patterns or principles of the land. It was already used before the Meiji period and later became the standard term for modern geography.

人じん文ぶん地ち理り

human geography

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動どう物ぶつ地ち理り
zoogeography; animal geography
地ち理り学がく者しゃ
geographer
地ち理り空くう間かん
geospatial
歴れき史し地ち理り
historical geography
自し然ぜん地ち理り
physical geography; physiography

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