着地(ちゃくち)

ちゃくち
noun, suru-verb
landing; touching down
1. landing; touching down; alighting on the ground
The moment of making contact with the ground after being in the air, whether from a jump, flight, or fall. Used for people, aircraft, and spacecraft.
着地(ちゃくち)に失敗(しっぱい)して足(あし)を捻(ひね)った。
I failed the landing and twisted my ankle.
体操(たいそう)選手(せんしゅ)が見事(みごと)な着地(ちゃくち)を決(き)めた。
The gymnast stuck a perfect landing.
探査機(たんさき)が月面(げつめん)に無事(ぶじ)着地(ちゃくち)したというニュースが世界中(せかいじゅう)に伝(つた)えられた。
News that the probe had safely landed on the lunar surface was reported around the world.

USAGE:
着地(ちゃくち) is used with する as an intransitive suru-verb. The landing surface takes に.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 着地(ちゃくち)する (to land, to touch down)
  • 着地(ちゃくち)を決(き)める (to stick a landing)
  • 着地(ちゃくち)に失敗(しっぱい)する (to fail a landing)
  • 軟(なん)着地(ちゃくち) (soft landing)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 着地(ちゃくち): landing (general, from air to ground)
  • 着陸(ちゃくりく): landing (specifically aircraft on a runway)
  • 着水(ちゃくすい): landing on water (seaplanes, spacecraft)
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