plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
dominion; territory; possession
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
whole nation; whole land; whole country
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
country; territory; domain; realm
present (brought by a visitor); gift
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
archeological excavation (archaeological)
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
souvenir store; gift shop
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
in the earth; in the ground; underground
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
regional cuisine; local cuisine
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
avalanche of earth and rocks
hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor
powerful local clan; local strongman
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
endemic disease; local disease
embankment made of earth; bank; levee
to die; (lit.) to become earth
black terracotta; black soil
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
smelling of earth; rustic
tosa (Japanese dog breed)
description of regional climate, culture, etc.
territorial dispute; territorial issue
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
artifact; excavated article; archaeological find
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
this impure world (as opposed to the pure land); (arch.) feces; (arch.) faeces
trip story; vacation story
arch of the foot; plantar arch
each locality; each place; each region
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
Southern Kuril Islands (held by Russia, claimed by Japan); Northern Territories
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
clay-like; clayey; argillaceous
to harden earth into a mass
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
soil amelioration; soil improvement
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
dungeon; underground prison
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
to die; (lit.) to become earth
shoes strictly prohibited
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
climate and natural features (of a region)
civil engineering and construction; public works and construction
guardian deity of one's birthplace
mainland China; China proper
keeping soil in good condition
feudal estate; daimiate; fief; feoff; fee
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
potter's clay; kaolin; kaoline
Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute
garden soil; soil used in a garden
cornerstone; foundation stone
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
violation of territorial sovereignty; intrusion into territory
civil engineering and construction
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
earth dug out of a construction site
abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
the (civil engineering and) construction industry
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
making things out of dirt (for fun)
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
oil-based clay (for modelling, sculpting, etc.)
first tournament for a wrestler
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
wasteland; barren or infertile soil
layer of clay; clay stratum
"goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
earthenware (ceramic) bell
keeping soil in good condition
burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost
lower world; this world; the earth
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
potting soil; planting mix; compost
clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)
retaining wall; sheathing
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
overseas territory; overseas possession
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
high waves which rise during the dog days of summer
summer airing (of clothes)
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
upper parterre (e.g. in a kabuki theatre)
kanji "earth" radical at left (radical 32)
three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
soil with manure; composted soil
domestic pigeon; feral pigeon
complete collapse; (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair)
piling up or covering with earth
(as opposed to those compiled later) ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
Ireland (country); Éire; Ireland (island)
maintenance of territorial integrity
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
hot-pot meal featuring oysters and a miso broth, cooked at the table
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
local color; local colour
folk toy; traditional toy
land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)
you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; (lit.) indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
all things have the Buddha nature
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
scoliid wasp (any wasp of family Scoliidae)
retaining wall; sheathing
vernacular; local dialect
seed ball ("natural farming" technique)
bare ground revealed by melting snow
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
archeological site (archaeological)
climate and natural features (of a region)
mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
magnesia; magnesium oxide
organizational climate; organization culture; organizational environment
soil for horticulture; soil for seed planting
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
wooded area; verdant area
ship transporting earth; ship made of earth (in Japanese tales)
gloss; sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)
earth taken from elsewhere and placed atop
local sweets (sold as a souvenir)
land speculation; real-estate speculation; speculation in land
local cuisine; regional cuisine
land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil
Azuchi period (first half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1582)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
rare-earth element; rare-earth metal
type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
(Japanese) National Land Agency
covered with soil (of vegetables, etc.)
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
rare-earth element; rare-earth metal
product of the land; present; souvenir
former property or territory
soil animal; soil life; soil biota; edaphon
construction waste soil; surplus excavation soil
soil moisture; soil water
borrowing pit (in flood prevention)
inseparability of body/mind and geographical circumstances
soil; loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5%
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
land investment; investment in land
right in the center (centre)
tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
trip story; vacation story
wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa)
short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr
bare ground revealed by melting snow
driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshougatsu)
small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
to rain dust; to have a dust storm
star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
Director General of National Land Agency
American Indian; native American
adding soil to a flowerbed
China clay; porcelain clay
small area; a pinch of earth
tea cloth; teapot mat (rest)
coefficient of earth pressure at rest
coefficient of passive earth pressure
coefficient of active earth pressure
national missile defense (US) (defence); NMD
former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring
opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable
ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament
wrestler's belt used in a bout
loam; humus; soil formed from fine volcanic ash
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
money broker (Muromachi period)
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
national development arterial expressway
bundle of straw used as mulch
incentives to promote land transactions
charcoal burned in an earthen kiln
charcoal burned in an earthen kiln
National Government Defrayment Act for Reconstruction of Disaster-Stricken Public Facilities
earth form of "good luck" character
mainlander; person from the mainland
type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China
construction state; civil engineering state; country dominated by the construction industry
native state (of pre-independence India); princely state
great burdock sold covered with soil
great burdock sold covered with soil
great burdock sold covered with soil
tumulus; barrow; grave mound
Land Improvement Act (1949, reformed in 2001); Land Improvement Law
prefectural land; prefectural territory
clay, straw, etc. mix used for rough undercoat of wall; cob
clay, straw, etc. mix used for intermediary wall coating
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash); loam soil
cadastral map of Japan (first published in 1892)
cadastral map of Japan (first published in 1892)
National Land Survey Act (1951)
fallen trees (esp. cryptomeria on Yakushima)
blister beetle; oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
Meloe coarctatus (species of oil beetle)
spike winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)
barometer earthstar (Astraeus hygrometricus)
Chinese false gudgeon (Abbottina rivularis)
Sphaerium japonicum (species of fingernail clam)
Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura)
Japanese mole (Mogera wogura); Temminck's mole
Sado mole (Mogera tokudae); Tokuda's mole
Senkaku mole (Mogera uchidai); Ryukyu mole
eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus); common mole
Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)
European mole (Talpa europaea); common mole; northern mole
Kloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)
long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura)
golden mole (Chrysochloridae spp.)
southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops)
northern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus)
coast mole (Scapanus orarius); Pacific mole
broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)
giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros)
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)
Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae)