<entry id="2093461" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2848269</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>地際</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じぎわ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-02-12 22:27:39" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Difficult to work out a succinct translation. It's the bit of a plant closest to the ground.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Daijr: 樹木などが地面と接するところ。 
実用日本語表現辞典: 植物や柱などが地面と接している部分。地面との際。植物については「株元」ともいう。 
Also in Unidic</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-13 11:40:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Does this work?
Lots of pillars on Google images.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;stump (tree, shrub, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-13 21:07:37" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Better.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>