ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
home area; home town; local
terrain; geographical features; topography
back street; back alley; off-street
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
landowner; landlord; landlady
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
grounds of a Shinto shrine
major earthquake; large earthquake
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
mother goddess; earth goddess
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
locals; local inhabitants
cracks or fissures in the ground
malicious; deliberately mean
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
latent disposition; inner feelings
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
black ground; black cloth
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
hell on earth; living hell
being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; ability to remember everything one hears
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
lord of a manor; estate steward
real hair; one's own hair
narrative part (of a text); descriptive writing (excluding direct speech and quotations)
large landowner; major landowner; great landowner
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops); teahouse garden
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
raw metal; unprocessed metal; base metal (for plating); (one's) true character; (one's) true colors
one's natural voice; one's normal speaking voice; chest voice; modal voice
buying up plots of land; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
Jizō (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
farmland; rice field or paddy
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
red cloth; red background
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; (lit.) the ground hardens after it rains
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
land shark; land speculator
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
to be gluttonous; to be greedy; to be voracious; to eat like a horse
grain (of wood); unlacquered woodwork; plain wood; roughly cut wood for carving or lathing
stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
land subsidence; decline in influence
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
coming from neighboring districts (of goods or produce); provincial merchant; local trader; local hoodlum; street tough
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
geothermal electric power generation
manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (lit.) (meeting) Buddha in hell
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
shortcrust pastry; tart crust
(going straight) from heaven to hell
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizō) image
work tabi; split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
ground leveling; ground levelling; groundwork; laying foundations
debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears
(arch.) true form of a buddha; land of origin
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
grounds; premises; land within boundary lines
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
megaquake; massive earthquake
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
terrycloth; towelling; toweling
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
snow blown up from the ground
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space; obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
training by two participants of the same skill level (kendo); general training involving all six types (kendo)
Jizō Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizō statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
land swindler; fraudulent land broker
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
low-ranking courtier not permitted into the imperial audience hall; commoner-rank official; ordinary person; commoner; peasant
allotment (of land); parcelling out
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
geothermal power plant; geothermal power station
precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures
beach seine; long-haul seine; dragnet
nashiji; lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes
local industry; traditional local industry
dungeon; underground prison
near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area
to be obstinate; to be stubborn
fabric store; draper; dry-goods store
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
Earthquake Early Warning; EEW
(entrance) examination hell
local product; homegrown; homebred
cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens
Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera); southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
padding; lining; foundation
one plank's thickness below lies hell; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
cookie dough; biscuit dough
paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape); ground paper; backing paper
examination hell; ordeal of entrance examinations
swarm earthquakes; series of earthquakes
simple wedding; modest wedding
knitted fabric; crocheted fabric
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
seismic energy; earthquake energy
subsurface exploration (geotechnical investigation)
white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura); shrew
makeup base; liquid foundation; primer
ground loom; floor loom; loom with a backstrap for pulling warps tight
police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site
type of land rent paid by farmers
swelling (around a wound)
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
undercoating; underpainting; first coating
earthquake zone; earthquake belt
fabric; cloth; traditionally patterned textiles; fabric scraps
locally caught fish; local fish
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones
local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)
undecorated fabric of any color but black; kimono made of such fabric
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider)
young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor
lighting a stage using border lights only
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
slate gray unpatterned cloth
you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City Hall
things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; (lit.) as if having met a Buddha in hell
team-based rock fight traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth month
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
(dharma-body of) Vairocana
you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City Hall
earth, water, fire, wind and void (the five elements)
commuters' hell; commuting hell
fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor
fabric used for a hakama; skirting
even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year
framework (for a mud-plastered wall)
produce grown outdoors (vegetables, flowers, etc.)
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
deputy estate steward; deputy jitō
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)
Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
traffic hell; traffic congestion
team-based rock fight traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth month
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
Nankai megathrust earthquake
Tonankai earthquake of 1944
tsunami (caused by an earthquake)
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
seine fishing (usu. from the beach); dragnet fishing
Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)
parasitic landowner system; absentee landlord system
Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)
between the devil and the deep blue sea; (lit.) both advancing and retreating are hell
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
Mino-Owari Earthquake (1891); Nōbi Earthquake
waffle batter; waffle cloth
Seismological Society of Japan
guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)
Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion
Nankai megathrust earthquake
area outside an urban planning zone; no land-use zoning area
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
geothermal energy; geothermal power
locally woven cloth (mostly for personal use); homespun fabric; homemade textile
deep earthquake; deep-focus earthquake
Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
ground reinforcement; soil stabilization; foundation improvement
gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
base powder for lacquer (usu. made from clay)
thin (fabric, cloth, paper)
fabric dyed, embroidered or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered
(one's natural) shoulder strength
you can make friends anywhere; (lit.) (you can make) acquaintances even in hell
pie dough; pie crust; puff pastry
stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus
the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge
don't believe everything you hear; (lit.) what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight
Japan Craft Beer Association; JCBA
Japanese Society of Grassland Science
people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; (lit.) when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
restaurant serving local beer; microbrewery; brewpub
lightweight woolen cloth (woollen); tropical woolen cloth
stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)
gentle and round face; cheerful face; (lit.) face like the Bodhisattva Jizō
outer teahouse garden (outside the central gate)
earthquake prediction information
four-wheeled cart for moving heavy objects
Kaji Technology Corporation
distant earthquake; teleseismic earthquake; teleseism
World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
inner teahouse garden (within the central gate)
person who plays shamisen during dancing practice; shamisen accompaniment
Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes
local language; local dialect
slow earthquake; low-frequency earthquake; silent earthquake
outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench
seismic part (zone, belt)
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation
National Grassland Research Institute
foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end
loan shark hell; distress caused by high-interest loans and aggressive collection methods
net fabric; thread from which nets are made
road roller; grader; bulldozer
Ksitigarbha (Jizō) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Nagoya Keihō Temple)
shallow earthquake; shallow-focus earthquake
local vegetables; locally grown vegetables
wood interlocking technique
noh chorus seating area; side stage (noh)
dislocation earthquake; fault earthquake
Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)
you can make friends anywhere; (lit.) not even in hell is everyone an ogre
Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake
seismic mineral exploration
vegetables grown outdoors
Sanriku earthquake of 869 CE
National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
seismic network; seismic array
circum-Pacific seismic zone; circum-Pacific earthquake belt
ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
brown beech mushroom (Hypsizygus marmoreus); brown clamshell mushroom
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)
man on horseback (species of mushroom, Tricholoma equestre); yellow knight
clustered domecap (Lyophyllum decastes); fried chicken mushroom
livid pinkgill (species of poisonous mushroom, Entoloma sinuatum)
Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi); Japanese white-toothed shrew
Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)
Alaska bellheather (Harrimanella stelleriana)
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis)
wood blewit (Lepista nuda)
elephant shrew (Macroscelididae spp.)
narrow-mouthed toad (Kaloula borealis)
Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii); Orii's shrew
lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew
Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)
banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
garrison; security sector