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敷地 (しきち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

敷しき地ち

し

き

ち

Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

Refers to a piece of land designated for a building or facility, often in real estate, construction, or institutional contexts.

この

敷しき

地ち

に

は

新あたら

しい

病びょう

院いん

が

建た

つ

予よ

定てい

です

。

A new hospital is planned to be built on this site.

学がっ校こうの敷しき地ち内ないでは喫きつ煙えんが禁きん止しされています。

Smoking is prohibited on the school grounds.

Usage patterns

敷しき地ちを確かく保ほするto secure a site (for a building or project)
工こう場じょうを建たてるための敷しき地ちを確かく保ほした。
We secured a site for building the factory.
敷しき地ちに〈物もの〉を建たてるto build something on the site
この敷しき地ちに新あたらしい校こう舎しゃを建たてる予よ定ていです。
There are plans to build a new school building on this site.
敷しき地ちが広ひろいthe site/grounds are spacious
この家いえは敷しき地ちが広ひろくて庭にわも大おおきい。
This house has a spacious lot with a large garden.

Kanji

敷spread, pave, sit
地ground, earth

Related words· 9

土と地ちN3
土地 is the general word for land or ground, while 敷地 specifically means the plot set aside for a building or facility.
用よう地ち
用地 is land designated for a specific use (e.g. 駐車用地), whereas 敷地 usually refers to the land a particular building sits on.
地じ所しょ
地所 is a somewhat old-fashioned, formal word for a piece of landed property, while 敷地 is the common modern term for a building site.
境けい内だいN1
敷地 is a general word for the plot of land a building sits on, while 境内 refers specifically to the grounds of a shrine or temple.

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邸てい内ない
敷地 is the general word for a plot of land or building site, while 邸内 specifically means the grounds of a residence.
構こう内ない
敷地 refers to a plot of land or building site itself, while 構内 refers to the area inside the boundaries of a facility such as a station or school.
ロット
ロット and 敷地 both denote a piece of land for building on, but 敷地 emphasizes the site a structure sits on, while ロット simply names the parcel being sold or developed.
宅たく

Don't confuse with

敷しき金きんN2
敷地 (a building site) and 敷金 (a rental deposit) share the kanji 敷 but have completely unrelated meanings.
跡あと地ち
敷地 is the plot of land a building currently stands on (or is meant for), whereas 跡地 is the land left behind after something was torn down or moved away.
空あき地ちN3
敷地 is a plot of land already designated or used for a building, whereas 空き地 is land that is currently unused.

Word family

敷しき地ち内ない
within the premises; on the property
敷しき地ち権けん
land use right; right of site
敷しき地ち面めん積せき
lot area; site area; lot size

Etymology

Compound of 敷 (しき, 'spread, lay out') and 地 (ち, 'land, ground'), referring to land laid out for a building.

地ち

N1

敷地 means the grounds or site of any building (residential, commercial, etc.), while 宅地 is specifically land for a private residence.

領りょう地ちN1

敷地 is the neutral modern word for the grounds of a building or school, whereas 領地 carries a sense of ownership or feudal control.