Illustration: On an open agricultural plain in Hokkaido, a farm worker stands firmly on a broad stretch of bare earth beside low rows of crops. The land extends continuously from the worker’s muddy boots toward distant fields and low hills.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大だい地ち

daichi

earth, ground

Example sentences

  1. 地震じしんが大地だいちを揺ゆすった。

    The earthquake shook the ground.

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  2. 私わたしたちは大地だいちが揺ゆれるのを感かんじた。

    We felt the earth tremble.

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  3. 大地だいちが揺ゆれ始はじめ、警報けいほうが鳴なり響ひびいた。

    The ground started to shake and the alarm rang.

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Kanji in 大地

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ

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