土 (Tsuchi) is a Japanese noun meaning “earth, soil, dirt, clay”.
Meanings
- nounearth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
- nounthe earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
- nounlow-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
- noun(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌
Examples
鳥が土をかき回す。
Birds disturb the soil.
かれは土に水をやった。
He watered the soil.
農家の人達は鋤で土を耕す。
Farmers turn up the soil with plows.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).