Illustration: A commuter reaches the top step of a Japanese subway entrance and places one foot on the sunlit pavement. The open stairwell behind them descends well below the street, with handrails disappearing into the underground passage.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地ち上じょう

chijou

above ground, ground level

Example sentences

  1. 地上ちじょうへの出口でぐちは2ヶ所かしょ。

    The station has two exits to street level.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 紙飛行機かみひこうきはゆっくり地上ちじょうに落おちた。

    The paper plane fell slowly to earth.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 改札口かいさつぐちは地上ちじょう、ホームは2階かいにある。

    The ticket gate is located on the ground level, while the platforms are on the second-floor level.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 地上

  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store