Foundation - Dodai

Japanese: 土台 - どだい

[1] [noun] ① a platform made of earth. A high platform made by piling up earth. (Book of Southern Qi - Wei Luo Biography) ② a cross beam at the bottom of a building that supports the weight of the upper part. A foundation, a split foundation, a round foundation, etc. Also, the lowest part of a building. A cornerstone. (Latin-Portuguese Dictionary (1595)) ③ the root of something. A foundation. A basic thing. A base. A seed. ※Gyokujinsho (1563) 22 “The hexagrams rise from the bottom and then fold up. The hexagram at the bottom is the heart that rises up.” ※The Essence of Novels (1885-86)〈Tsubouchi Shoyo〉 2 “I always used historical facts as the basis for my embellishments and wrote my novels.”[ 2 ] 〘adv.〙 Originally. From the root. Originally. Since the beginning. ※Kyōkaku Shiyōshō - Hōtoku Year 1 ( 1449), July 4 “It is inevitable that the head servants of the soil sect should be sent down.” ※Shakai Hyakumenso (1902)〈Uchida Roan 〉Hentetsuka “Originally, parliamentary politics is all about pandering to the masses.”

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 土で築いた台。土を盛り固めて作った高い台。〔南斉書‐魏虜伝〕② 建築物の最下部にあって、上部の重みを支える横木。付土台、割土台、まる土台など。また、すべて建築物の最下部をなす部分。いしずえ。礎石。〔羅葡日辞書（1595）〕③ 物事の根本。基礎。基本。おおね。元になるもの。たね。※玉塵抄（1563）二二「卦はしたから上(かみ)えたたみあぐるぞ、したの一画の卦がどだいにして上(う)えしそえた心ぞ」※小説神髄（1885‐86）〈坪内逍遙〉下「常に正史上の事実をもて其脚色の起本(ドダイ)として、其小説をば編みたりしが」[2] 〘副〙元来。根本から。もともと。ねっから。※経覚私要鈔‐宝徳元年（1449）七月四日「土代直仕丁等下遣之条不可然」※社会百面相（1902）〈内田魯庵〉変哲家「元来(ドダイ)議院政治なんて奴は衆愚に媚びるんだから」

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