着地|ちゃくちchakuchi[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verblanding (on the ground)
    パイロットは完璧かんぺきな着地ちゃくちをした。↗
    The pilot made a perfect three-point landing.
  2. nounlanding place; terminal
  3. noun(shipping) destination
  4. nounoutcome; final result; settlement
Conjugation
Dictionary form着地する(ちゃくちする)
Polite (masu)着地します(ちゃくちします)
Negative (nai)着地しない(ちゃくちしない)
polite (masen)着地しません(ちゃくちしません)
classical zu / nu着地せず・着地せぬ(ちゃくちせず・ちゃくちせぬ)
Past (ta)着地した(ちゃくちした)
polite (mashita)着地しました(ちゃくちしました)
Past negative (nakatta)着地しなかった(ちゃくちしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)着地しませんでした(ちゃくちしませんでした)
Te form着地して(ちゃくちして)
Potential着地できる(ちゃくちできる)
Passive着地される(ちゃくちされる)
Causative着地させる(ちゃくちさせる)
Causative passive着地させられる(ちゃくちさせられる)
Conditional (ba)着地すれば(ちゃくちすれば)
tara着地したら(ちゃくちしたら)
Volitional着地しよう(ちゃくちしよう)
polite (mashou)着地しましょう(ちゃくちしましょう)
Imperative着地しろ(ちゃくちしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym接地せっちWrittenRefers to contact with the ground, and to electrical grounding; when it means a landing it is technical. A written/formal word.
  • Synonym着陸ちゃくりくNeutralThe standard word for a plane landing on the ground, as in 「着陸態勢」; 「着地」 is mostly for people or objects coming down from the air, like a gymnastics landing.
  • Related降着こうちゃくWrittenA specialist term for aircraft coming down on land or water, and for a horse being demoted in a race. Written/formal.
  • Antonym離陸りりくNeutralA plane leaving the ground and taking off; the opposite of both 「着陸」 and 「着地」.

For aircraft, say 「着陸」 for landing and 「離陸」 for takeoff. Use 「着地」 for people or objects coming down from the air — gymnastics or jump landings — or for the close of negotiations. 「接地」 and 「降着」 are specialist, written terms.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 空中くうちゅうから地表ちひょうに降り立おりたつこと。
  2. 到着とうちゃくした場所ばしょ。
  3. 空中くうちゅうから地表ちひょうに降り立おりたつ。
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