plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
home area; home town; local
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
terrain; geographical features; topography
back street; back alley; off-street
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
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
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
landowner; landlord; landlady
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
grounds of a Shinto shrine
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
major earthquake; large earthquake
white background; blank; female virgin
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
mother goddess; earth goddess
malicious; deliberately mean
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
cracks or fissures in the ground
latent disposition; inner feelings
black ground; black cloth
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
hell on earth; living hell
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
lord of a manor; estate steward
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
real hair; one's own hair
wood grain; unpainted wood
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
descriptive (narrative) part
farmland; rice field or paddy
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
red cloth; red background
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
land shark; land speculator
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
land subsidence; decline in influence
to be gluttonous; to be greedy; to be voracious; to eat like a horse
geothermal electric power generation
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image
work tabi; split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
(going straight) from heaven to hell
debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears
(arch.) true form of a buddha; land of origin
the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
ground leveling; ground levelling; groundwork; laying foundations
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
massive earthquake; megaquake
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space (Go); obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
terrycloth; towelling; toweling
training by two participants of the same skill level (kendo); general training involving all six types (kendo)
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
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
Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
snow blown up from the ground
land swindler; fraudulent land broker
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
allotment (of land); parcelling out
nashiji (lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes)
beach seine; long-haul seine; dragnet
dungeon; underground prison
precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures
local industry; traditional local industry
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
fabric store; draper; dry-goods store
near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area
(entrance) examination hell
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
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens
Earthquake Early Warning; EEW
Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera); southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
local product; homegrown; homebred
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape); ground paper; backing paper
padding; lining; foundation
sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads
examination hell; ordeal of entrance examinations
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
cookie dough; biscuit dough
there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
simple wedding; modest wedding
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site
type of land rent paid by farmers
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
undercoating; underpainting; first coating
earthquake zone; earthquake belt
white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura); shrew
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
makeup base; liquid foundation
locally caught fish; local fish
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones (in go)
local amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)
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
subsurface exploration (geotechnical investigation)
lighting a stage using border lights only
slate gray unpatterned cloth
swelling (around a wound)
young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor
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
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
(dharma-body of) Vairocana
earth, water, fire, wind and void (the five elements)
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; (lit.) as if having met a Buddha in hell
big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)
commuters' hell; commuting hell
fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor
fabric used for a hakama; skirting
you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City Hall
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.)
traffic hell, traffic congestion
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)
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.)
knitted fabric; crocheted fabric
seine fishing (usu. from the beach); dragnet fishing
Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)
framework (for a mud-plastered wall)
Nankai megathrust earthquake
area outside an urban planning zone; no land-use zoning area
geothermal energy; geothermal power
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
deep earthquake; deep-focus earthquake
net fabric; thread from which nets are made
ground reinforcement; soil stabilization; foundation improvement
gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
even the demons of hell rest during O-Bon and the New Year
thin (fabric, cloth, paper)
fabric dyed, embroidered or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider)
(one's natural) shoulder strength
you can make friends anywhere; (lit.) (you can make) acquaintances even in hell
stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus
don't believe everything you hear; (lit.) what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight
the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge
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)
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion
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
distant earthquake; teleseismic earthquake; teleseism
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
inner teahouse garden (within the central gate)
person who plays shamisen during dancing practice; shamisen accompaniment
local language; local dialect
Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Law (1979)
slow earthquake; low-frequency earthquake; silent earthquake
outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench
citizens of a local area or region
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
seismic part (zone, belt)
the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation
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
local eggs; farm-fresh eggs
Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)
shallow earthquake; shallow-focus earthquake
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
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
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
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.)
Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura orii); Orii's shrew
lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew
Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
garrison; security sector