ない
Meanings
Noun
1. within the borders of a country; domestic soil
2. inland; interior
3. Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland; home
4. "mainland" Japan (i.e. Honshū)
used by people in Hokkaido and Okinawa
Kanji used
inside
ground
Pitch accent
いち
Top 31600
Composed of
inside; within
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
people living on Honshu; mainland Japanese; Japanese people (as opposed to the people of the colonies of the Empire of Japan)