余地

See also: 餘地

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 余地 – see 餘地 (“additional space; spare room; leeway; room; latitude; margin; space”). (This term is the simplified form of 餘地).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
余	地
よ Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
餘地 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よち [yóꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) よち [yòchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

余(よ)地(ち) • (yochi) ^{←よち (yoti)?}

1. (literally) room, margin, space, vacant

   Synonym: 空き地 (akichi)

2. (figuratively) leeway; room

   Synonym: 余裕 (yoyū)

   疑(うたが)う余(よ)地(ち)がない

   utagau yochi ga nai

   there is no room for doubt

   • 1916, Natsume Sōseki, Meian [Light and Darkness]‎^[1]:

     しかしそれ以(い)上(じょう)に発(はっ)展(てん)する余(よ)地(ち)のなかった題(だい)目(もく)は、そこでぴたりととまってしまった。

     Shikashi sore ijō ni hatten suru yochi no nakatta daimoku wa, soko de pitari to tomatte shimatta.

     But the topic, which had no room for further development, suddenly stopped.

References

• “余地”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026