LingakuFrequency rank: 1,300.
- above ground; on the ground; earth's surfaceantonym: 地下
- this world; this earth
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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- above ground; on the ground; earth's surface
- this world; this earth
This meaning refers to the physical surface of the Earth or any area that is not below the ground level. It can be used in various contexts such as geography, gardening, architecture, and environmental discussions.
Flowers are blooming above ground.
He lives on the ground.
This meaning pertains to the earthly existence and can encompass human life, society, or the global environment. It is often used in philosophical or existential discussions.
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ちじょう地上にいるto be on the groundちじょう地上のせいかつ生活life on the earthちじょうせん地上戦ground battleちじょうは地上波terrestrial broadcastingちじょうけん地上権surface rightsちじょう地上にでる出るto come above groundちじょう地上のひとびと人々people of this worldちじょう地上でのかつどう活動activities on the earthちじょう地上のげんじつ現実reality of this worldちじょう地上からみる見るto see from the ground
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When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.
3. ひと人がにくたい肉体をもち持ち、ちじょう地上にうまれた生まれたからといって、ちじょう地上のことをすべて全てりかい理解するわけではないのとどうように同様に、しんだ死んだからといってれいてき霊的せかい世界をすべて全てりかい理解しているわけでもないのです。
Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
6. ながねん長年のあいだ間、わたくし私はび美だけがじんせい人生にいぎ意義をあたえて与えてくれるものであり、このごみごみしたちじょう地上でつぎつぎ次々とひきつがれる引き継がれるせだい世代にかせられる課せられるゆいいつ唯一のもくてき目的とは、じじ時々げいじゅつか芸術家をうみだす生み出すことだとおもっていた思っていた。
For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.
The view of Mars through earthly telescopes suggested that all was serene.
Don't kill too many birds and animals on earth.
Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.
But for the heat of the sun, what would become of the living things on earth?
Without the sun, we couldn't live on the earth.
If it were not for the sun, no living creatures could exist on the earth.
Since their first appearance on earth, men have gathered information and have attempted to pass useful ideas to other men.
Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on earth.
If it were not for water, there would be no life on the earth.