(じめん)

じめん
noun
ground, earth's surface
1. ground, earth's surface
The surface of the earth that one walks on.
地面(じめん)(すわ)った
I sat on the ground.
The ground is wet from the rain.
The ground shook from the earthquake.

地面(じめん) refers to the surface of the earth or ground.

Common collocations:

  • 地面(じめん)()ちる (to fall to the ground)
  • 地面(じめん)(すわ)る (to sit on the ground)
  • 地面(じめん)()れる (the ground shakes)
  • 地面(じめん)()る (to dig the ground)
  • ()れた地面(じめん) (wet ground)

Related words:

  • ()/(つち) (earth, soil)
  • (ゆか) (floor - indoors)
  • 大地(だいち) (the earth, the ground - more poetic)
  • 地表(ちひょう) (earth's surface - scientific)