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:2026/01/07
つちにかえる
Kanji
土に還る
Verb
intransitive
Japanese Meaning
分解して土に戻ること / 死んで遺体が朽ち果てることの婉曲表現 / 元の自然の状態に戻ることの比喩
Easy Japanese Meaning
しんだいきものやきがらがこわれてこなになりつちといっしょになる
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
(自然分解后)回归土壤 / 化作泥土 / 归于尘土
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
分解後回到大地 / 化為土壤 / 歸於塵土
Korean Meaning
흙으로 돌아가다 / 분해되어 흙으로 돌아가다 / 자연으로 환원되다
Vietnamese Meaning
phân hủy, trở về với đất / trở lại với đất / hóa về cát bụi
Tagalog Meaning
mabulok at bumalik sa lupa / maagnas at maging lupa / magbalik sa lupa dahil sa pagkabulok
Sense(1)
(intransitive) to (decompose and) return to the earth
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( stem )
( past )
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( imperfective stem )
( imperfective )
( continuative stem )
( continuative )
( stem terminative )
( terminative )
( attributive stem )
( attributive )
( hypothetical stem )
( hypothetical )
( imperative stem )
( imperative )
( passive )
( passive )
( causative )
( causative )
( causative )
( causative )
( potential )
( potential )
( volitional )
( volitional )
( negative )
( negative )
( continuative negative )
( continuative negative )
( formal )
( formal )
( perfective )
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( conjunctive )
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( conditional hypothetical )
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Quizzes for review
(intransitive) to (decompose and) return to the earth
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つちにかえる
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This withered leaf will turn into soil over time.
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この枯れた葉は時間と共につちにかえるでしょう。
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