1.
ground, earth's surface
The surface of the earth that one walks on.
地面 refers to the surface of the earth or ground.
Common collocations:
- 地面に落ちる (to fall to the ground)
- 地面に座る (to sit on the ground)
- 地面が揺れる (the ground shakes)
- 地面を掘る (to dig the ground)
- 濡れた地面 (wet ground)
Related words:
- 地/土 (earth, soil)
- 床 (floor - indoors)
- 大地 (the earth, the ground - more poetic)
- 地表 (earth's surface - scientific)