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土

JLPT N4 · N3 · Vocabulary

土 — “soil, earth, ground”

土 (read つち) means soil, earth, ground. It appears on the JLPT N4 and N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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つち

Meaning

soil, earth, ground

土 in a sentence

花はなの種たねを土つちにまきました。

I sowed the flower seeds in the soil.

The kanji in 土

土earth, soil

Words that share a kanji with 土

土曜日どようび— Saturday
お土産おみやげ— souvenir, present (from a trip)
土地とち— land, plot of land
土産みやげ— souvenir, gift (from a trip)

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