How to Say "'landing'" in Japanese

着陸

chakuriku[t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟ɾʲikɯ̟]

The English word 'landing' is translated into Japanese as 着陸 (chakuriku).

着陸 refers specifically to the action of an aircraft or spacecraft coming down from the air to land on the ground.

How does it change in a sentence?

While 着陸 is a noun meaning 'landing', you can turn it into the verb 'to land' by adding the verb する to the end, forming 着陸する.

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The first character in 着陸, 着, is also used in the word for 'wearing' clothes. This creates a mental image of the aircraft 'putting on' or 'clinging to' the ground.
While 着陸 is for aircraft, the word for a bird landing is usually 降りる (oriru) or 止まる (tomaru), as using 着陸 for a bird would sound like a technical aviation report.
In Japanese science fiction or news about space, 着陸 is used for a planned landing, but 不時着 (fujichaku) is used for an emergency landing, literally meaning 'unseasonal' or 'untimely arrival'.

飛行機の着陸は無事に行われました。
The airplane landing was conducted safely.
宇宙船が月に着陸するのを見たことがありますか？
Have you ever seen a spaceship land on the moon?
着陸が予定より早まった。
chakuriku ga yotei yori hayamatta.
The landing was earlier than scheduled.
機体がスムーズに着陸した。
kitai ga sumuuzu ni chakuriku shita.
The aircraft landed smoothly.
着陸の際に揺れを感じた。
chakuriku no sai ni yure o kanjita.
I felt a tremor during the landing.

A couple is talking about a recent flight experience.

大翔 Hiroto

今回の着陸は少し怖かったね。
konkai no chakuriku wa sukoshi kowakatta ne.
The landing this time was a little scary, wasn't it?
結衣 Yui

うん、揺れがすごかったよ。
un, yure ga sugokatta yo.
Yeah, the shaking was intense.
大翔 Hiroto

結衣は大丈夫だった？
Yui wa daijoubu datta?
Were you okay, Yui?
結衣 Yui

少し緊張したけど、大丈夫。
sukoshi kinchou shita kedo, daijoubu.
I was a little nervous, but I'm okay.

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