locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
lord of a manor; estate steward
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
low-ranking courtier not permitted into the imperial audience hall; commoner-rank official; ordinary person; commoner; peasant
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
base powder for lacquer (usu. made from clay)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
buying up plots of land; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
type of land rent paid by farmers
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones
fabric dyed, embroidered or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered
allotment (of land); parcelling out
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
grounds of a Shinto shrine
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
landowner; landlord; landlady
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
home area; home town; local
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
swelling (around a wound)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
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
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
mother goddess; earth goddess
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
cracks or fissures in the ground
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
latent disposition; inner feelings
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
black ground; black cloth
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
narrative part (of a text); descriptive writing (excluding direct speech and quotations)
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops); teahouse garden
raw metal; unprocessed metal; base metal (for plating); (one's) true character; (one's) true colors
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
coming from neighboring districts (of goods or produce); provincial merchant; local trader; local hoodlum; street tough
red cloth; red background
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
grain (of wood); unlacquered woodwork; plain wood; roughly cut wood for carving or lathing
grounds; premises; land within boundary lines
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
terrycloth; towelling; toweling
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
snow blown up from the ground
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
nashiji; lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space; obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
fabric; cloth; traditionally patterned textiles; fabric scraps
dungeon; underground prison
thin (fabric, cloth, paper)
padding; lining; foundation
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads
makeup base; liquid foundation; primer
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
undercoating; underpainting; first coating
yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
lighting a stage using border lights only
fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor
fabric used for a hakama; skirting
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
team-based rock fight traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth month
base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
geothermal energy; geothermal power
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion
locally woven cloth (mostly for personal use); homespun fabric; homemade textile
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
net fabric; thread from which nets are made
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
lightweight woolen cloth (woollen); tropical woolen cloth
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
local vegetables; locally grown vegetables
Kaji Technology Corporation
National Grassland Research Institute
National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science
Japanese Society of Grassland Science
garrison; security sector
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature