地
チ • ジ
ground; earth
Words
地に足の着いた
ちにあしのついた
- realistic; practical; grounded exp adj-f id
聞いて極楽見て地獄
きいてごくらくみてじごく
- don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight exp proverb
板子一枚下は地獄
いたごいちまいしたはじごく
- there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave exp proverb
地獄の沙汰も金次第
じごくのさたもかねしだい
- money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even the verdict of hell is determined by money exp proverb
生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ
うめよふえよちにみてよ
- be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth exp proverb