Illustration: In a neighborhood bicycle repair shop, an apprentice patiently cleans individual chain links with a small brush, moving along the chain one link at a time. Several fully cleaned chains hang neatly behind the workbench, while a modest pile still waits in a tray.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

地じ道みち

jimichi

steady, diligent

Example sentences

  1. 地道じみちな者ものはいつか勝かつ。

    Slow but steady wins the race.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 悪銭身あくせんみにつかず、というじゃない。結局けっきょくは地道じみちに稼かせぐしかないと思おもうよ。

    Ill-gotten gains are short-lived. The only way to make real money is to earn every penny.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. だが、それでも不十分ふじゅうぶんであり、砂漠緑化さばくりょくかをはじめとした地道じみちな活動かつどうが、黄砂対策こうさたいさくとして必要ひつようであるとされている。

    However, the measure alone is not enough, and it is considered that steady activities, including planting trees in desert, are required as measures against kosa.

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

Kanji in 地道

  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
  • 道road-way; streetOnドウ・トウKunみち・いう

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