土台

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
だい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
土臺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(だい) (dodai

  1. (construction) support base; foundation; masonry footing
    (たて)(もの)()(だい)がしっかりしている。
    Tatemono no dodai ga shikkari shiteiru.
    The building's foundation is solid.
    (しき)()(だい)
    shiki dodai
    mudsill
  2. (figurative) base
    • 2018 March 20, Wang Zhan, Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers:
      (のう)(みん)(こう)にみる(ちゅう)(ごく)(きん)(だい)()(あっ)(しゅく)(せい)()(じん)()(ろん)(ぶん)(せき)()(だい)として
      Nōminkō ni miru Chūgoku kindai-ka no asshukusei: kojinka-ron o bunseki no dodai to shite
      The Compressibility of China's Modernization as Seen among Migrant Workers: Based on the Theory of Individuation

Adverb

()(だい) (dodai

  1. from the beginning

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN