土台 (どだい) — foundation, base, groundwork
土台
foundation
Frequency #4895
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. adverb
noun
dodai
どだい
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
どだい[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- foundation
- base
- groundwork
Usage examples
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駅のホームという意味でも使うことばですが、ここでは、多くのゲームと遊ぶ人をつなぐ土台という意味です。
Eki no hoomu to iu imi de mo tsukau kotoba desu ga, koko de wa, ooku no geemu to asobu hito o tsunagu dodai to iu imi desu.
The word also means a station platform, but here it means a foundation connecting many games and players.
小さな部屋から世界へ — 日本のゲーム作り · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第1章 ゲームを作るのは、だれだろう