余地

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See also: 餘地

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 余地 – see 餘地 (“additional space; spare room; leeway; room; latitude; margin; space”). (This term is the simplified form of 餘地).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
余	地
よ Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
餘地 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よち (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) よち (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

余(よ)地(ち) • (yochi) ^{←よち (yoti)^?}

(literally) room, margin, space, vacant
Synonym: 空き地 (akichi)
(figuratively) leeway; room
Synonym: 余裕 (yoyū)

疑(うたが)う余(よ)地(ち)がない
utagau yochi ga nai
there is no room for doubt
- 1916, Natsume Sōseki, Meian [Light and Darkness]‎:
  
  しかしそれ以(い)上(じょう)に発(はっ)展(てん)する余(よ)地(ち)のなかった題(だい)目(もく)は、そこでぴたりととまってしまった。
  Shikashi sore ijō ni hatten suru yochi no nakatta daimoku wa, soko de pitari to tomatte shimatta.
  But the topic, which had no room for further development, suddenly stopped.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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