jpdb beta

1. earth; ground; land; soil

2. place

3. territory

4. bottom (of a package, book, etc.)

5. earth (one of the five elements)

1. ground; land; earth; soil

2. the region in question; the local area

3. skin

4. texture; fabric; material; weave

5. base; background

6. one's true nature

7. narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)

8. real life; actuality

9. captured territory (in the game of go)

10. noh chorus

11. accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)

12. basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)

13. base part (of multiple shamisens)

1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud

2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land

3. low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)

4. (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)