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土台 (どだい): foundation, base, basis — Japanese vocabulary

土台 is read どだい and means "foundation, base, basis". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

土台

Reading
どだい · dodai
Translation
foundation, base, basis
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
どだいが

Example

この家は土台がしっかりしている。

このいえはどだいがしっかりしている。

This house has a solid foundation.

Kanji in this word

  • 土 — earth, soil
  • 台 — platform, counter

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