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埋め立て (うめたて) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Many artificial islands were created through land reclamation in Tokyo Bay.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 埋う め 立た てを 行おこな う to carry out land reclamation of a place
They reclaimed land in the bay to build a new port.
埋う め 立た てが 進すす む for land reclamation to progress
Land reclamation along the coast is progressing rapidly.
埋う め 立た てに 反はん 対たい する to oppose a land reclamation project
The residents continue a campaign opposing the landfill project.
Kanji 埋 bury, be filled up, embedded Related words 干拓 means draining a shallow sea or lake to expose land, while 埋め立て means creating land by filling water with earth or waste.
造成 refers broadly to developing or grading land for use, whereas 埋め立て specifically means filling in water to create new land.
Don't confuse with 埋没 means to be buried or sunk out of sight, while 埋め立て means the deliberate act of filling water to make new land; both share the kanji 埋 but differ in meaning.
埋め立て refers to the act or process of reclaiming land, whereas 埋め立て地 is the resulting piece of land itself.
Word family reclaimed land; landfill
landfill waste
Written forms 埋う め 立た て Usage 39%
Standard spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
埋うめ 立たて Usage 49%
Abbreviated kanji spelling, often seen in official or technical contexts.
埋うめ 立た て Usage 12%
Variant with 送り仮名 on the second kanji; less common but still used.
Etymology Compound of 埋め (ume, continuative form of 埋める 'to bury, fill') + 立て (tate, continuative form of 立てる 'to set up, erect'), literally 'filling and setting up'. The combination expresses the action of filling in an area to create solid ground.
