土気

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つち
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
土氣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (tsuchi, earth, soil) +‎ (ke, quality, sense).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちけ [tsùchíkéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨt͡ɕike̞]

Noun

(つち)() • (tsuchike

  1. Earthy qualities, such as the moisture and smell of soil.
    この(はたけ)は、土気(つちけ)()い。
    Kono hatake wa, tsuchike ga yoi.
    This field has good soil (such as for planting).

Adjective

(つち)() • (tsuchike-na (adnominal (つち)() (tsuchike na), adverbial (つち)() (tsuchike ni))

  1. Rural or countrified in thought or manner: hickish, uncultured.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN