Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. Saturday
2. earth; dirt; soil
orig. meaning
3. land; lands; ground
4. earth (third of the five elements)
Kanji used
earth
Pitch accent
Top 8900
Used in vocabulary (132 in total)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
dominion; territory; possession
whole nation; whole land; whole country
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
native; aboriginal
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
archeological excavation (archaeological)
earthenware pot
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
Saturn (planet)
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
in the earth; in the ground; underground
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
powerful local clan; local strongman
earthen pipe
earthenware teapot
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
burial; interment
earth god; earth deity
remote region
midsummer; dog days
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
an inch of land
local customs
China; Chinese
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
earth and stones
sandbag
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
clay; earthen
soil; soil quality
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
lower world; this world; the earth
earth dug out of a construction site
garden soil; soil used in a garden
cornerstone; foundation stone
royal or imperial domain
Tue-Thurs-Sat
earthenware (ceramic) bell
potting soil; planting mix; compost
Friday and Saturday
clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)
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
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
soil with manure; composted soil
ethnology; folkloristics
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr
retaining wall; sheathing
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
hot-pot meal featuring oysters and a miso broth, cooked at the table
pure land; paradise
humus (soil); mold
earthwork; earthworks
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
soil for horticulture; soil for seed planting
magnesia; magnesium oxide
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
poor soil; poor country
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil
land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil
rural areas
product of the land; present; souvenir
covering seeds with soil
rare earth
rare earth
borrowing pit (in flood prevention)
earth pressure
local ruler
former property or territory
right in the center (centre)
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
local flavouring
decomposed granite
surface soil
earth cut; cutting
earth cut; cutting
native state (of pre-independence India); princely state
barium oxide; heavy clay
China clay; porcelain clay
crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash); loam soil
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
tumulus; barrow; grave mound
soil moisture
prefectural land; prefectural territory
Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)
draft (of a document)