土台

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	台
ど Grade: 1	だい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
土臺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どだい [dòdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞da̠i]

Noun

土(ど)台(だい) • (dodai) 

1. (construction) support base; foundation; masonry footing

   建(たて)物(もの)の土(ど)台(だい)がしっかりしている。

   Tatemono no dodai ga shikkari shiteiru.

   The building's foundation is solid.

   敷(しき)土(ど)台(だい)

   shiki dodai

   mudsill

2. (figurative) base
   • 2018 March 20, Wang Zhan, Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers‎^[1]:

     農(のう)民(みん)工(こう)にみる中(ちゅう)国(ごく)近(きん)代(だい)化(か)の圧(あっ)縮(しゅく)性(せい)：個(こ)人(じん)化(か)論(ろん)を分(ぶん)析(せき)の土(ど)台(だい)として

     Nōminkō ni miru Chūgoku kindai-ka no asshukusei: kojinka-ron o bunseki no dodai to shite

     The Compressibility of China's Modernization as Seen among Migrant Workers: Based on the Theory of Individuation

Adverb

土(ど)台(だい) • (dodai) 

1. from the beginning