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領地 (りょうち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Meanings 1
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
territory ; domain ; estate grounds
Refers to land under a lord's, ruler's, institution's, or owner's control. It is common in historical or territorial contexts; for ordinary modern school or building grounds, 敷地 is often the more neutral word, but 領地 can mean land belonging to or controlled by an institution.
争あらそ い の 原げん 因いん は 領りょう 地ち の 境きょう 界かい だっ た 。
The cause of the dispute was the boundary of the territory.
Kanji 領 jurisdiction, dominion, territory Similar words 領りょう 土ど Usually refers to the territory of a state or nation, whereas 領地 can refer to a lord's domain, an estate, or controlled land more generally.
敷しき 地ち The ordinary modern word for the grounds or premises of a school, house, office, or facility; 領地 sounds more like land held or controlled as a domain.
土と 地ち A broad everyday word for land or a plot of land, without the stronger nuance of control, ownership, or domain found in 領地.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese kanji compound: 領 is associated with governing, possessing, or holding, and 地 means land or ground. The compound conventionally means land held or controlled as a domain.
