Illustration: A street-level cutaway of a small Japanese house reveals a basement workshop directly beneath the pavement and garden soil. Upstairs, daylight reaches the entrance; downstairs, a resident repairs a bicycle under a hanging lamp.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地ち下か

chika

underground, basement

Example sentences

  1. 地下ちかはショッピング街がいです。

    There is a shopping district underground.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 地上ちじょう２２階かい、地下ちか２階かいのオフィスビルが建設中けんせつちゅうです。

    An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 洗濯室せんたくしつは地下ちかです。

    The laundry room is in the basement.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 地下

  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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