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痩せ地 (やせち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

痩やせ地ち

や

せ

ち

Meanings

1

noun

barren soil; infertile land

Refers to land that is poor in nutrients and unsuitable for cultivation.

痩やせ地ちでは作さく物もつが育そだちにくい。
Crops are hard to grow on barren soil.

Kanji

痩get thin
地ground, earth

Similar words

不ふ毛もう
不毛 is more abstract, often meaning 'barren' in a figurative sense (e.g., 不毛な議論), while 痩せ地 specifically refers to physically poor soil.

Etymology

Compound of 痩せ (yase, 'thin, lean') and 地 (chi, 'land, soil'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.