rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
fields (of rice and other crops)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
(water-filled) paddy field
back country; remote countryside
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
marshy rice field or paddy
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
country living; life in the country; country life
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
saltpan; field for drying salt
farmland; rice field or paddy
lowly people (Edo period); eta
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
cultivated fields; countryside
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
farm house; country cottage
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
deity of rice fields and harvests
Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
fields (of rice and other crops)
seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field
agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
colonization; colonisation
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
fertile, productive field
provincial theatrical performance
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
(favorable voting) constituency (favourable)
country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Narita divorce; divorce of a newlywed couple upon returning (to Narita Airport) from their honeymoon abroad
provincial dialect; rural dialect
to become rustic; to become countrified
rice field used to grow wheat
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
slash-and-burn agriculture
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
pain de campagne; French sourdough
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
cultivated field (for rice, etc.)
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
privately owned rice field
fruitless discussion; inconclusive discussion
to appear rustic; to become countrified
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
farm tariff; rice field tax
(arch.) master of the rice field; (arch.) chief farmer; lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
equal-field system (of ancient China)
professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)
New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest
allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryo system)
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
a paddy moist all year due to improper irrigation
rice paddy plowing; tilling a rice field
Tanuma period (1767-1786 CE)
paddy administered directly by a ruler (historical)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryo system)
Akitakata City (Hiroshima)
provincial; rural; parochial; small-town; unsophisticated
Kishida faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Kōchikai
pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
ringworm (of the body); tinea corporis
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
provincial (country) millionaire
land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)
(theatrical) provincial tour
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris
Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked
skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
black rat; roof rat; field mouse
tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
avoid compromising situations
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
to till a rice paddy; to plough a rice paddy (plow)
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
taxable rice field (ritsuryo system)
mud bath (e.g. for pigs); mud pit
Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)
Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)
even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (lit.) (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
lowly people (Edo period); eta
lowly people (Edo period); eta
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
rice field in a low place
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
oden made with hatcho miso
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
rice paddy plowing; tilling a rice field
Akitakata City (Hiroshima)
inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri, species found from Japan to Taiwan)
snow-covered rice paddy; field
farmland; private farm estates from before the Taika reform
farmland; private farm estates from before the Taika reform
black-skinned variety of watermelon
black-skinned variety of watermelon
kanji "rice paddy" radical at left (radical 102)
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)
Gnathopogon elongatus (species of cyprinid)
Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)
bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
ancient farmland allotment
garden-town development; rural city development; urban sprawl
dealing in unharvested rice crop
Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal
(arch.) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku tofu on both sides
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Ikeda Elementary School massacre (June 8, 2001)
fertile field; field with fertile soil
celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup; woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress
celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup; woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system)
allotted rice field (ritsuryo system); land distributed to all citizens from which yields were taxed by the government
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
to do something stupid; to do something pointless; (lit.) to hit a muddy rice field with a stick
Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)
Fujita scale (of tornado intensity); F-scale
Enhanced Fujita scale (of tornado intensity); EF-scale
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)
tax-exempt rice field (ritsuryo system)
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office
Harada's disease; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; VKH disease
municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted; (lit.) urban oil field
Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)
slash-and-burn farmer (in Korea)
odamaki mushi; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
odamaki mushi; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)
Horita Station (Nagoya Municipal Subway)
Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)
water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
yellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); titlark
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)
taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)
taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus); estuary cod; greasy cod; spotted river cod; estuary rock cod
European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); pepperwort; water shamrock