(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China)
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
terrible situation; awful state of affairs; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
earth dug out of a construction site
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
product of the land; present; souvenir
whole nation; whole land; whole country
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
lying down on the ground (in apology)
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
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
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
territory; domain; dominion; possession
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
fertile shoot of field horsetail
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
archeological excavation (archaeological)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
in the earth; in the ground; underground
powerful local clan; local strongman
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer); final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
mounding earth; earthwork; banking; mounded earth; embankment; mound
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
lower world; this world; the earth
garden soil; soil used in a garden
cornerstone; foundation stone
retaining wall; sheathing
potting soil; planting mix; compost
earthenware (ceramic) bell
clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)
soil with manure; composted soil
beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
no shoes allowed; no outdoor footwear; shoes off
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
soil texture; earth (in Wu Xing)
hot pot meal featuring oysters and a miso broth, cooked at the table
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
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
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
soil for horticulture; soil for seed planting
decorated clay tablet (Jōmon period)
former property or territory
magnesia; magnesium oxide
borrowing pit (in flood prevention)
tumulus; barrow; grave mound
china clay; kaolin; porcelain clay
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)
four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
native state (of pre-independence India); princely state
prefectural land; prefectural territory
crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash); loam soil
patterned ground (caused by the freezing and thawing of soil)
Dosan Main Line (Kochi-Kagawa Railway)
Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)