English–Japanese

“land” in Japanese

Japanese

Also土地 (tochi) · 陸上 (rikujō) · 陸地 (rikuchi)

Romajiriku

船が陸に着きます。fune ga riku ni tsu ki ma su

The ship reaches land.

“Land” in Japanese is 陸 (riku).

Describes the continuous ground that lies beyond or beside a body of water.

旅行者たちは陸で一晩休みました。ryo kō sha ta chi wa riku de ichi ban yasu mi ma shi ta

The travelers rested on land for the night.

In travel conversations, 陸 (riku, "land") marks the non-maritime part of a route, such as traveling over land instead of by boat.

tochi

nounland

この土地は広いです。ko no to chi wa hiro i de su

This land is large.

rikujō

nounland

この動物は陸上で生活します。ko no dō butsu wa riku jō de sei katsu shi ma su

This animal lives on land.

rikuchi

nounland

船から陸地が見えます。fune ka ra riku chi ga mi e ma su

I can see land from the boat.