adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. steady, honest, sober, straightforward, reliable.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
地道 じみち

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ground, earth
チ ジ どま (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
to be (classical)
ヤ なり エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ メ やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
road-way, street, district
みち ドウ ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび シュ おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)