Word Meaning 穢土

えど edo

穢土 is read as えど (edo) and means this impure world (as opposed to the pure land).

Meaning

English

  1. this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)
  2. feces
  3. faeces

Reading

Kana

えど

Romaji

edo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Antonyms 浄土 Rank 148697 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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厭離穢土

えんりえど

abhorrence of (living in) this impure world

粘土

へな

clay

国土

こくど

country

領土

りょうど

dominion

つち

(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

盛り土

もりど

embankment (for road, railway, etc.)

黄土

おうど

loess

黒土

こくど

black terracotta

全土

ぜんど

whole nation

郷土

きょうど

native place

風土

ふうど

natural features

本土

ほんど

mainland