plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
territory; domain; dominion; 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
country; territory; domain; realm
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
archeological excavation (archaeological)
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
in the earth; in the ground; underground
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
regional cuisine; local cuisine
the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades
powerful local clan; local strongman
this impure world (as opposed to the pure land); (arch.) feces; (arch.) faeces
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
endemic disease; local disease
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
embankment made of earth; bank; levee
avalanche of earth and rocks; debris flow; mudslide; landslide
fudoki; description of regional climate, culture, etc.
midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer); final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
black terracotta; black soil
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
artifact; artefact; excavated article; archaeological find
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts
territorial dispute; territorial issue
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; MLIT
clay-like; clayey; argillaceous
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
soil amelioration; soil improvement
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
scorched-earth strategy (policy, tactics)
decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
shoes strictly prohibited
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
civil engineering and construction; public works and construction
lying down on the ground (in apology)
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
climate and natural features (of a region)
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
local collection (of a library); local materials; local artefacts
groundwork; (lit.) laying the foundation
straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery
feudal estate; daimiate; fief; feoff; fee
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
potter's clay; kaolin; china clay
mounding earth; earthwork; banking; mounded earth; embankment; mound
lower world; this world; the earth
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring
earth dug out of a construction site
indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines
violation of territorial sovereignty; intrusion into territory
house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud
abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
garden soil; soil used in a garden
mainland China; China proper
cornerstone; foundation stone
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; ca. 720 CE)
civil engineering and construction
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
Northern Territories (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan); Southern Kuril Islands
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
the (civil engineering and) construction industry
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
oil-based clay (for modelling, sculpting, etc.)
retaining wall; sheathing
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)
inherent territory; territory regarded as inherently belonging to a country
wasteland; barren or infertile soil
"goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period
potting soil; planting mix; compost
Izumo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Izumo province; 733 CE)
burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost
earthenware (ceramic) bell
layer of clay; clay stratum
Izumo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Izumo province; 733 CE)
clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
overseas territory; overseas possession
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
upper parterre (e.g. in a kabuki theatre)
high waves which rise during the dog days of summer
summer airing (of clothes)
mainlander; person from the mainland
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (2010-); Geographical Survey Institute (1949-2010)
continental United States; mainland United States
three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
soil with manure; composted soil
domestic pigeon; feral pigeon
Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; ca. 720 CE)
complete collapse; (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair)
straw-rope pattern pottery; Jomon ware
no shoes allowed; no outdoor footwear; shoes off
lowly IT worker; overworked and underpaid IT professional
maintenance of territorial integrity
ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE
terrible situation; awful state of affairs; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr
local color; local colour
all things have the Buddha nature
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; (lit.) indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)
land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)
folk toy; traditional toy
ends of the earth; outer reaches; borderland
hot pot meal featuring oysters and a miso broth, cooked at the table
seed ball ("natural farming" technique)
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
Bungo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Bungo province; 732 CE)
(mnemonic for) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
(mnemonic for) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
local cuisine; regional cuisine
Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure)
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
product of the land; present; souvenir
mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)
site where an artifact was unearthed; site of an archeological find
climate and natural features (of a region)
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute
soil for horticulture; soil for seed planting
introducing foreign topsoil to one's land (to improve soil quality); foreign topsoil brought to mix with the soil present; (faraway) destination; foreign land; distant land
decorated clay tablet (Jōmon period)
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China)
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
rare-earth element; rare-earth metal
Hizen Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hizen province; ca. 732 CE)
Hizen Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hizen province; ca. 732 CE)
folk museum; local history museum
clay horse (Kofun and Nara periods)
first tournament for a wrestler
wooded area; verdant area
(Japanese) National Land Agency
soil moisture; soil water
inseparability of body/mind and geographical circumstances
borrowing pit (in flood prevention)
soil animal; soil life; soil biota; edaphon
National Land Use Planning Act
Bungo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Bungo province; 732 CE)
National Land Use Planning Act
Department of Homeland Security (US); DHS
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
graveyard; burial ground; cemetery
doyō mochi (mochi made during the dog days of summer)
magnesia; magnesium oxide
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
Saturday childcare (e.g. at a nursery school)
tumulus; barrow; grave mound
former property or territory
soil; loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5%
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
American Indian; native American
Japanese Society of Soil Zoology
Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology
Clay Science Society of Japan
US mainland; mainland United States
US mainland; American mainland
national development arterial expressway
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation
Dosan Main Line (Kochi-Kagawa Railway)
National Missile Defense (US); NMD
Northern Territories Issue Association
American Society of Civil Engineers; ASCE
construction state; civil engineering state; country dominated by the construction industry
Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)
Director General of National Land Agency
Civil Engineering Library, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
National Government Defrayment Act for Reconstruction of Disaster-Stricken Public Facilities
native state (of pre-independence India); princely state
coefficient of earth pressure at rest
landscapes homogenized due to increased suburbanization; (lit.) fast landscape
Fudoki (ancient geographical and cultural records of each Japanese province, compiled in the early 8th century)
coefficient of passive earth pressure
opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable
coefficient of active earth pressure
china clay; kaolin; porcelain clay
Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act
crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash); loam soil
organizational climate; organization culture; organizational environment
construction waste soil; surplus excavation soil
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
patterned ground (caused by the freezing and thawing of soil)
fallen trees (esp. cryptomeria on Yakushima)
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
loam; humus; soil formed from fine volcanic ash
Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
small area; a pinch of earth
tea cloth; teapot mat (rest)
sediment-related disaster risk area
ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament
prefectural land; prefectural territory
Fujian tulou (traditional rural dwellings in Fujian, China)
waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring
aluminum sulfate; aluminium sulphate
charcoal burned in an earthen kiln
wrestler's belt used in a bout
Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)
Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
Sphaerium japonicum (species of fingernail clam)
money broker (Muromachi period)