Moto 土: Soil; Earth; GroundKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ド、ト
- Kun'yomi
- つち
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 502 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ド・ト)
- 土地とちplot of land; lot
- 領土りょうどdominion; territory
- 土曜どようSaturday
- 国土こくどcountry; territory
- 土俵どひょう(wrestling) ring
- 土木どぼくengineering works; civil engineering
- 全土ぜんどwhole nation; whole land
- 国土庁こくどちょう(Japanese) National Land Agency
- 土壌どじょうsoil
- 風土ふうどnatural features; topography
- 郷土きょうどnative place; birth-place
- 土壇場どたんばlast moment; eleventh hour
- 土台どだいfoundation; base
- 土砂どしゃsediment; earth and sand
- 本土ほんどmainland; the country proper
- 土器どきearthenware
- 土石どせきearth and stones
- 土俵際どひょうぎわedge of the ring
- 出土しゅつどarcheological excavation (archaeological)
- 粘土ねんどclay
- 土地柄とちがらnature of the locality; character of a place
- 土建屋どけんやgeneral (civil engineering and construction) contractor
- 土手どてembankment; bank
- 浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅうJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
- 浄土じょうどpure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise
- 凍土とうどfrozen soil
- 出土品しゅつどひんartifact; excavated article
- 国土計画こくどけいかくnational land planning
- 土のうどのうsandbag
- 土下座どげざkneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
- 土中どちゅうin the earth; in the ground
- 土人どじんnative; aboriginal
- 土俗どぞくlocal customs
- 土俵入りどひょういりentrance procession of wrestlers into the ring
- 土偶どぐうearthen figure; clay figure
- 土塀どべいmud wall; earthen wall
- 土方どかたconstruction worker; laborer (labourer)
- 土日どにちweekend; Saturday and Sunday
- 土星どせいSaturn (planet)
- 土曜日どようびSaturday
- 土用どようmidsummer; dog days
- 土着どちゃくindigenousness; being native (to a region)
- 土砂降りどしゃぶりdownpour; pouring rain
- 土葬どそうburial; interment
- 土蔵どぞうstorehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
- 土製どせいclay; earthen
- 土質どしつsoil; soil quality
- 土足どそくshod feet; wearing shoes
- 土鍋どなべearthenware pot
- 土間どまdirt floor; room with dirt floor
- 浄土宗じょうどしゅうPure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
- 焦土しょうどscorched earth
- 盛り土もりどembankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level
- 腐葉土ふようどhumus; leaf mold
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 土産みやげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling
- お土産おみやげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling
- 手土産てみやげpresent (brought by a visitor); gift
- 置き土産おきみやげparting gift; remembrance
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