地理|ちりchiri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noungeography
    私は地理ちりより歴史れきしが好すきだ。↗
    I prefer history to geography.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym地理学ちりがくWrittenWritten/formal prose term for geography as an academic discipline, stressing the scholarly field; 「地理」 also covers the terrain and features of a particular area.
  • SynonymジオグラフィーWrittenWritten/formal loanword that can mean the discipline or geography in general; rare in everyday speech — people normally say 「地理」.
  • Related地理科NeutralNeutral term for geography as a school subject, as in 「地理科の先生」; the emphasis is on the course itself.

Default to 「地理」. For the academic discipline use 「地理学」; for the school course use 「地理科」. The loanword 「ジオグラフィー」 is rare in everyday speech — stick with 「地理」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 地形ちけい・気候きこう・産業さんぎょう・集落しゅうらく・人口じんこう・交通こうつうなどの、地域ちいき的てき・空間的くうかんてき状況じょうきょう。
  2. その土地とちの様子ようす。
  3. 1.および2.について研究けんきゅうする学問がくもん。地理学ちりがく。
  4. 学校がっこうの科目かもく。1.-3.について学習がくしゅうする。
  5. 位置いち関係かんけい。
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