village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
1000 ri; (a) long distance
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
mountain hamlet; mountain village
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
villager; village folk; countryfolk
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
half a ri (distance measure)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
undeveloped woodland near populated area; settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
mid-Edo period Imari ware
one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
mountain village (region)
sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas
the home of one's parents
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
very far away; the heavenly shores
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period
rural community development; rural community activation
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
adoption event for homeless animals; foster parents association
system of land subdivision in ancient Japan
faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands
pet dog; domesticated dog
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one
vast expanse of fertile land
(over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
putting the cart before the horse
a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
chogori; jeogori; short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus); grey-headed lapwing
ballad; folk song; popular song
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
rural community development; rural community activation
Chollima; winged horse of East Asian mythologies
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
limitless expanse of clouds and smoke
being far away across mountains and rivers
a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation
vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
Araceae (arum family of plants)
exhibition of returned works (e.g. from overseas)
province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryo system)
township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)
caustic potash; potassium hydroxide
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
snow that falls on villages
if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; (lit.) one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
military expedition deep into enemy territory
Imazato Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)