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地下室

Reading

Kana: ちかしつ
Romaji: chikashitsu
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Definition

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cellar; basement

Kanji

Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Readings: シツ、 むろ
Meanings: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

Example Sentences

地下室(ちかしつ)仕事場(しごとば)改造(かいぞう)した。
➥The basement has been made over into a workshop.
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強盗(ごうとう)夫婦(ふうふ)地下室(ちかしつ)にとじこめた。
➥The burglar locked the couple in the basement.
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少女(しょうじょ)たちは(しば)()げられて地下室(ちかしつ)放置(ほうち)された。
➥The girls were trussed up and left in a cellar.
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地下室(ちかしつ)(きたな)くて、(くら)くて、(くさ)いの。
➥The cellar is ugly, dark, and stinky.
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パパは、テレビを地下室(ちかしつ)()ってきたの。
➥He brought our TV set down to the cellar.
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その(ばん)(つぎ)()とその夜中(よなか)ずっと地下室(ちかしつ)()ごしたのよ。
➥We spent all of that night, the next day, and the next night in the cellar.
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