LingakuFrequency rank: 1,206.
- underground; below the groundantonym: 地上
- world of the dead; the grave
- underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- underground; below the ground
- world of the dead; the grave
- underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret; illegal; in hiding
This refers to anything located beneath the surface, such as tunnels or rooms that are not visible from above.
This meaning relates to the concept of death and the afterlife, often associated with burial sites or places where the deceased are laid to rest.
This refers to activities or movements that are covert, often due to their illegal or secretive nature, implying they are not acknowledged by mainstream society.
The underground activities were conducted in a way that the government wouldn’t discover them.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ちかにもぐる地下に潜るto go undergroundちかてつ地下鉄subwayちかどう地下道underground passageちかしつ地下室basementちかけいざい地下経済underground economyちかかつどう地下活動underground activitiesちか地下のせかい世界world beneath the surfaceちかすい地下水underground waterちか地下いせき遺跡underground ruinsちか地下のひみつ秘密underground secrets
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- きごう（ちかきごう）じめん地面のした下．.またはちか地下きごう（いちかい1階よりした下きごう）にあるかいそう階層．.
- きごう（ちかきごう）おおやけ公でなく、ひとく秘匿して
- きごう（ちか ちか地下にまいそう埋葬したことからきごう）ひと人のしんだ死んだことのあんじ暗示．.
- きごう（じげ・ぢげ こてん古典・れきし歴史きごう）てんじょう殿上をゆるされていない許されていないもの者．.ちか地下にん人．.
- きぞく貴族のうち内、てんじょうびと殿上人ではないもの者．.
- このじじゅう侍従だいなごん大納言でん殿こそ、びんご備後すけ介とてまだちか地下にぎょざ御座せしとき時、くらびと蔵人あたま頭になりたまへ給へる、れい例いとめづらしきことよな．.きごう（きごう『おおかがみ大鏡きごう』ちゅう中 だいじょうだいじん太政大臣これまさ伊尹 けんとく謙徳こう公きごう）
- このじじゅう侍従だいなごん大納言でん殿は、びんご備後すけ介であって、しょうでん昇殿がゆるされていなかった許されていなかったのに、くらびと蔵人あたま頭におなりになった、たいそうめずらしい珍しいれい例ですよ．.
- かんしょく官職をえていない得ていないもの者．.しょみん庶民．.
Example sentences
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An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.
I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
The gunfire was getting worse, so we ran down to our cellar.
I realized then that this awful cellar was the only place that could save our lives.
Suddenly, the basement I was in started to look almost nice and warm.
A cellar was dug on top of the hill and they slowly moved the house from the road to the hill.
If you want any more wine, go to the cellar and get some.
We spent all of that night, the next day, and the next night in the cellar.
The house has pipes under the ground to carry dirty water away.