遊園地

ゆうえんち · yuuenchi · JLPT N2 · noun

amusement park

🎡 遊 = play + 園 = garden/park + 地 = place: a park place for play = amusement park

遊 (yuu) means play, 園 (en) means garden or park, and 地 (chi) means place. Combined, they name a place where you play in a park.

地 — earth 土 + 也 (phonetic)
地 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left component 土 means 'earth' or 'soil' and gives the meaning, while 也 on the right hints at the pronunciation. Originally referring to the ground or land, it broadened to mean 'place,' 'region,' and 'territory.'

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