Meanings
Noun
1. ground; land; earth; soil
2. the region in question; the local area
3. skin
4. texture; fabric; material; weave
5. base; background
6. one's true nature
7. narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
8. real life; actuality
9. captured territory (in the game of go)
10. noh chorus
11. accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
12. basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
13. base part (of multiple shamisens)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (134 in total)
silvery background
grounds of a Shinto shrine
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
Examples (1 in total)
The child is crying and stamping his feet.