着陸|ちゃくりくchakuriku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verblanding; alighting; touch down
    その飛行機ひこうきは申し分もうしぶんのない着陸ちゃくりくをした。↗
    The plane made a perfect landing.
Conjugation
Dictionary form着陸する(ちゃくりくする)
Polite (masu)着陸します(ちゃくりくします)
Negative (nai)着陸しない(ちゃくりくしない)
polite (masen)着陸しません(ちゃくりくしません)
classical zu / nu着陸せず・着陸せぬ(ちゃくりくせず・ちゃくりくせぬ)
Past (ta)着陸した(ちゃくりくした)
polite (mashita)着陸しました(ちゃくりくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)着陸しなかった(ちゃくりくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)着陸しませんでした(ちゃくりくしませんでした)
Te form着陸して(ちゃくりくして)
Potential着陸できる(ちゃくりくできる)
Passive着陸される(ちゃくりくされる)
Causative着陸させる(ちゃくりくさせる)
Causative passive着陸させられる(ちゃくりくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)着陸すれば(ちゃくりくすれば)
tara着陸したら(ちゃくりくしたら)
Volitional着陸しよう(ちゃくりくしよう)
polite (mashou)着陸しましょう(ちゃくりくしましょう)
Imperative着陸しろ(ちゃくりくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym着地ちゃくちNeutralUsed for landing after a jump or in gymnastics, as in 「着地が決まる」; 「着陸」 is for aircraft such as planes coming down.
  • Related上陸じょうりくNeutralFor people going ashore from a ship, or a typhoon making landfall, as in 「台風が上陸」; 「着陸」 is for aircraft such as planes and helicopters touching down.
  • Related接地せっちNeutralUsed for electrical grounding and also for making contact with the ground; 「着陸」 is the word for an aircraft coming down to land.
  • Antonym離陸りりくNeutralOpposite to 「着陸」 in the takeoff-and-landing pair; it means taking off.

Use 「着陸」 for aircraft such as planes and helicopters landing. For going ashore or a typhoon making landfall, use 「上陸」; for landing after a jump or in gymnastics, 「着地」; for electrical grounding, 「接地」. The antonym is 「離陸」 (takeoff).

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 空中くうちゅうに飛行ひこうしている航空機こうくうきなどが降下こうかして地表ちひょう面めんに接触せっしょくし、静止せいしまたは減速げんそくすること。
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