Word Meaning 土臭い

つちくさい tsuchikusai

土臭い is read as つちくさい (tsuchikusai) and means smelling of earth.

Meaning

English

smelling of earth
rustic

Reading

Kana

つちくさい

Romaji

tsuchikusai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 65381 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

土器

どき

earthenware

土塀

どべい

mud wall

土壇場

どたんば

platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

土俵

どひょう

(wrestling) ring

土壌

どじょう

soil

土俵際

どひょうぎわ

edge of the ring

土地柄

とちがら

nature of the locality

土俵入り

どひょういり

entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

土製

どせい

clay

土葬

どそう

burial

土俗

どぞく

local customs

土地基本法

とちきほんほう

Basic Act for Land