1.
red clay; red soil; reddish earth
Reddish-brown soil or clay colored by iron oxides. Common on volcanic terrain and used for pottery, bricks, and athletic-field surfaces.
この辺りは赤土が多い。
There is a lot of red soil around here.
雨で赤土がぬかるんで歩きにくい。
The rain has turned the red clay muddy and hard to walk on.
沖縄の赤土は雨で海に流れ出し、サンゴに影響を与える。
Okinawa's red soil washes into the sea with the rain and affects the coral.
Reddish soil colored by iron compounds, characteristic of volcanic regions such as the Kanto loam layer and Okinawa.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 赤土の道: a red-clay road
- 赤土が流れ出す: red soil washes out (erosion)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 粘土: clay — defined by texture/plasticity rather than color
- 土壌: soil — a technical term for soil as a growing medium