plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
home area; home town; local
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
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
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
landowner; landlord; landlady
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
grounds of a Shinto shrine
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
white background; blank; female virgin
white background; blank; female virgin
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
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
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
lord of a manor; estate steward
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
wood grain; unpainted wood
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
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
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
descriptive (narrative) part
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
red cloth; red background
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
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)
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
work tabi; split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles
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)
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
(arch.) true form of a buddha; land of origin
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
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
snow blown up from the ground
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)
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
allotment (of land); parcelling out
nashiji (lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes)
dungeon; underground prison
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
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
allotment (of land); parcelling out
padding; lining; foundation
sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
type of land rent paid by farmers
undercoating; underpainting; first coating
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura); shrew
makeup base; liquid foundation
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones (in go)
local amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)
yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
lighting a stage using border lights only
big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)
fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor
fabric used for a hakama; skirting
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones (in go)
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
padding; lining; foundation
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
geothermal energy; geothermal power
net fabric; thread from which nets are made
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
thin (fabric, cloth, paper)
fabric dyed, embroidered or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered
yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
swelling (around a wound)
lightweight woolen cloth (woollen); tropical woolen cloth
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
citizens of a local area or region
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
local eggs; farm-fresh eggs
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera); southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
Alaska bellheather (Harrimanella stelleriana)
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
garrison; security sector