現在地
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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現 | 在 | 地 |
げん Grade: 5 |
ざい Grade: 5 |
ち Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 現在 (genzai, “present, current”) + 地 (chi, “place, location”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
- present location, current location
- "you are here" (on map)
Usage notes
A somewhat less common but still rather frequent variant or related phrase, 現在位置 (genzai ichi, “present location”) is also in use on maps serving the function of the English “you are here”.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 現 read as げん
- Japanese terms spelled with 在 read as ざい
- Japanese terms spelled with 地 read as ち
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters