・alluvial soil 沖積土.

・clay [heavy] soils 粘土質土壌《cf. zonal soil, azonal soil, intrazonal soil, horizon 3》.

2 土地 (ground), 国 (country).

・the lord of the soil 領主, 地主.

・one's native [parent] soil 母国, 故郷.

・set foot on foreign [British] soil 異国[英国]の地を踏む.

3a 耕地, 田畑.

・work on the soil 田畑で働く.

b [the 〜] 農耕生活, 農業.

・a tiller [son] of the soil 農夫.

4 温床, 生育地.

・the soil for crime 犯罪の温床.

・Social discontent is the soil in which anarchy thrives. 社会的不満は無政府主義の温床である.