rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
fields (of rice and other crops)
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
(water-filled) paddy field
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
back country; remote countryside
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
farmland; rice field or paddy
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
country living; life in the country; country life
lowly people (Edo period); eta
saltpan; field for drying salt
country-bred; raised in the country
lowly people (Edo period); eta
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
Jubilo Iwata (professional football club)
Sakurada Gate; Sakuradamon; southern gate of the Tokyo Imperial Palace; Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Kishida faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Kōchikai
Hosoda faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
cultivated fields; countryside
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
(uncultured) country samurai
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
farm house; country cottage
farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)
deity of rice fields and harvests
Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)
fields (of rice and other crops)
tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields
agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
colonization; colonisation
Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school); sword of the Dōtanuki school (usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords); heavy sword
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
Kanda University of International Studies
Yasuda Auditorium (at Tokyo University, site of violent student protest in 1969)
(reliable) source of votes; area of strong electoral support; stronghold; (voter) base
fertile, productive field
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
Toyota Industries Corporation
country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
to become rustic; to become countrified
provincial dialect; rural dialect
provincial theatrical performance
Narita divorce; divorce of a newlywed couple upon returning (to Narita Airport) from their honeymoon abroad
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
rice field used to grow wheat
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
slash-and-burn agriculture
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
Murata rifle (Meiji-era single-shot rifle)
(arch.) master of the rice field; (arch.) chief farmer; lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
rice-planting machine; rice transplanter
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
cultivated field (for rice, etc.)
Fujita scale (of tornado intensity); F-scale
Enhanced Fujita scale (of tornado intensity); EF-scale
pain de campagne; French sourdough
Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school); sword of the Dōtanuki school (usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords); heavy sword
paddy administered directly by a ruler
fruitless discussion; inconclusive discussion
Akita Prefectural Police (abbr)
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation; creampie
large constituency; populous electoral district; large group of voters
Akita beauty (stereotype of fair-skinned, attractive women from Akita)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to appear rustic; to become countrified
provincial; rural; parochial; small-town; unsophisticated
unswept hairdo originating in the mid-eighteenth century (now popular at traditional weddings)
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)
farm tariff; rice field tax
Tanuma period (1767-1786)
privately owned rice field
professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
equal-field system (of ancient China)
allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryō system)
New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest
Toyoda Boshoku Corporation
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
rice paddy plowing; tilling a rice field
a paddy moist all year due to improper irrigation
Akita Prefectural University
allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryō system)
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
taro variety cultivated in paddy fields
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
Sonoda Women's University
provincial (country) millionaire
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
geta for working in rice fields
ringworm (of the body); tinea corporis
Ota Memorial Museum of Art
ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris
rice-planting song; rice planters' song
Ikeda school massacre (June 8, 2001)
Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
Mita International School (abbr)
(theatrical) provincial tour
vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)
rice-planting machine; rice transplanter
avoid compromising situations
land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryō system)
skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
to till a rice paddy; to plough a rice paddy (plow)
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
black rat; roof rat; field mouse
Sanyo-Onoda City University
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period
mud bath (e.g. for pigs); mud pit
Harada's disease; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; VKH disease
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
Japanese Red Cross Junior College of Akita
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (lit.) (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price
taxable rice field (ritsuryō system)
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
Horita Station (Nagoya Municipal Subway)
Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
Gōda-ikka (yakuza syndicate)
Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)
Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
lowly people (Edo period); eta
oden vendor; oden restaurant
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
rice field in a low place
pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
black-skinned variety of watermelon
black-skinned variety of watermelon
inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)
oden made with hatcho miso
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
rice paddy plowing; tilling a rice field
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
refined version of ta-asobi dance performed in Tōhoku about half way through the first lunar month
Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
map of towns, rice fields, etc. (ritsuryō period)
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)
snow-covered rice paddy; field
Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
farmland; private farm estates from before the Taika reform
farmland; private farm estates from before the Taika reform
bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray
kanji "rice paddy" radical at left (radical 102)
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
Gnathopogon elongatus (species of cyprinid)
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
East Asian sage (Salvia japonica)
dealing in unharvested rice crop
be careful not to invite the least suspicion; leave no room for scandal
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
be careful not to invite the least suspicion; leave no room for scandal
(arch.) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku tofu on both sides
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
fertile field; field with fertile soil
celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup; woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress
celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup; woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress
time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month)
rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryō system)
allotted rice field (ritsuryō system); land distributed to all citizens from which yields were taxed by the government
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
to do something stupid; to do something pointless; (lit.) to hit a muddy rice field with a stick
Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)
law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)
tax-exempt rice field (ritsuryō system)
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office
municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted; (lit.) urban oil field
Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)
slash-and-burn farmer (in Korea)
odamaki mushi; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
odamaki mushi; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
Murata reaction (serum test for syphilis); Murata test
Yasuda Women's University
Yasuda Trust And Banking Company, Limited
Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
Sanda Line (Kobe Electric Railway); Sanda Line (Hankyu Bus)
Tōei Mita Line; Tōden Mita Line (closed 1968)
Akita University of Economics and Law
Akita Museum of Modern Art
Akita Senshu Museum of Art
Ueda Women's Junior College
Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography
Chiyoda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited
Waseda Foreign Language College
Art and Architecture School of Waseda University
Kawaguchi Art School of Waseda University
Waseda Institute of Technology; WIT
Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University
Ikeda Public Museum of Art
Chichibu Onoda Cement Corporation
SPC Electronics Corporation
Iida Women's Junior College
Yamada grammar (Japanese grammar created by Yoshio Yamada)
Maeda no krakkaa (Maeda Seika brand of crackers)
Kameda College of Health Sciences
Akita University of Nursing and Welfare
Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing
Japanese Red Cross Akita College of Nursing
Shibata Gakuen University
Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)
Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)
water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
yellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); titlark
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)
taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)
taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus); estuary cod; greasy cod; spotted river cod; estuary rock cod
European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); pepperwort; water shamrock
stream brown frog (Rana sakuraii); Napparagawa frog