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Learn Hardcore Japanese: tizyou - above ground

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 43
/chijou

chijou

Word

地上ちじょうchijou

Meaning

above ground

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

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Usages of chijou

人ひと　が　多おおい　日ひ　は、　地下道ちかどう　の　ほう　が　地上ちじょう　より　歩あるきやすい　です。hito ga ooi hi wa, chikadou no hou ga chijou yori arukiyasui desu.

On crowded days, the underpass is easier to walk through than above ground.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

地下道ちかどう　から　地上ちじょう　に　出でる　と、　駅えき　前まえ　の　広場ひろば　が　見みえます。chikadou kara chijou ni deru to, eki mae no hiroba ga miemasu.

When you come up above ground from the underpass, you can see the plaza in front of the station.

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