飛とび地ち

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

enclave; exclave; detached territory

Geopolitical term for a territory separated from the main part of a country or administrative unit, surrounded by foreign or other territory.

この村むらは県けん境ざかいを越こえた飛とび地ちになっている。
This village is an exclave across the prefectural border.
ロシアのカリーニングラードは飛とび地ちの代だい表ひょう例れいだ。
Russia's Kaliningrad is a classic example of an exclave.

noun

scattered landholdings; outlying land

Refers to pieces of land owned by a person or entity that are geographically separate from their main holdings; often used in agricultural or real estate contexts.

祖そ父ふの農のう地ちには飛とび地ちがいくつかある。
My grandfather's farmland includes several scattered plots.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が飛とび地ちになるfor a place to become an enclave/exclave
その村むらは隣りん国ごくに囲かこまれて飛とび地ちになった。
The village became an exclave, surrounded by the neighboring country.
飛とび地ちを抱かかえるto hold/have an enclave as part of one's territory
この国くには海かい外がいにいくつかの飛とび地ちを抱かかえている。
This country holds several exclaves overseas.

Kanji

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
地ground, earth

Related words

領りょう土どN1sense 1
領土 is the general word for a country's territory as a whole, while 飛び地 names specifically a detached, non-contiguous piece of that territory.

Opposites

本ほん土ど sense 1
本土 refers to a country's contiguous mainland, the opposite of 飛び地, which is a detached piece of territory cut off from it.

Don't confuse with

孤こ立りつN1sense 1
孤立 describes isolation in a general or social sense, whereas 飛び地 refers concretely to a piece of land geographically cut off from its main territory.

Built from

飛とぶ+地ち

Written forms

飛とび地ちUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
飛とび地ちUsage32%
Less common variant without okurigana; still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 飛び (tobi, 'flying, jumping', the continuative form of 飛ぶ) + 地 (chi, 'land, ground'). Literally 'flying land', referring to land that is separated from the main body.