Meanings
Noun
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)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (144 in total)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
lord of a manor; estate steward
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones (in go)
ground; earth's surface
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
local produce
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
bare earth; ground
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
white background; blank
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
grounds of a Shinto shrine
landowner; landlord; landlady
type of land rent paid by farmers
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
allotment (of land); parcelling out
fabric dyed, embroidered or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
(style of) folk song
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
rumble in the ground
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
noh chorus
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
kimono material
home area; home town; local
adjoining land
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
snow blown up from the ground
ferrite
swelling (around a wound)
floor-level window
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
earthquake
cloth; fabric
cloth; fabric
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
sandy soil
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
white background; blank; female virgin
land rent
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
cracks or fissures in the ground
latent disposition; inner feelings
black ground; black cloth
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
estate; plot of land
wood grain; unpainted wood
silvery background
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
descriptive (narrative) part
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
red cloth; red background
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
landslide
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
thick cloth
stopping point; stopover
thin cloth
local beer; microbrew
ground (color, colour)
true form of a buddha
serge
silk fabrics
nashiji (lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes)
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space (Go); obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
terrycloth; towelling; toweling
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
naraka (hell) realm
woven pattern
joint
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
(land) mine
dungeon; underground prison
obi cloth or material
thin (fabric, cloth, paper)
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
padding; lining; foundation
sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads
texture; fabric
pile fabric; pile cloth
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
seismic motion
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
undercoating; underpainting; first coating
thick (fabric, cloth)
makeup base; liquid foundation
yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
local amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)
lighting a stage using border lights only
fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor
big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)
fabric used for a hakama; skirting
print (fabric)
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
to level the ground
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
native
base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)
decreasing land prices
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
locally-produced egg
geothermal energy; geothermal power
net fabric; thread from which nets are made
badland
umbrella cloth
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
local eggs; farm-fresh eggs
citizens of a local area or region
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion
lightweight woolen cloth (woollen); tropical woolen cloth
continuous rain
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
garrison; security sector
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature
Haneji Dam
Yoji Dam
Okaji Station
Examples (1 in total)
The child is crying and stamping his feet.