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
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
serge
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
thin (fabric, cloth, paper)
earthquake
land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
ground; earth's surface
allotment (of land); parcelling out
texture; fabric
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
thick cloth
ground (color, colour)
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
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); market tone; undertone; balance between the position of white and black stones (in go)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
rumble in the ground
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
cracks or fissures in the ground
nashiji (lacquering technique using gold or silver powder or flakes)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
home area; home town; local
cloth; fabric
cloth; fabric
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
bare earth; ground
landowner; landlord; landlady
sandy soil
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
white background; blank
white background; blank
land rent
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
lord of a manor; estate steward
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
adjoining land
latent disposition; inner feelings
black ground; black cloth
estate; plot of land
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
wood grain; unpainted wood
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
descriptive (narrative) part
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
red cloth; red background
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
landslide
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
stopping point; stopover
thin cloth
local beer; microbrew
true form of a buddha
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
silk fabrics
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space (Go); obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
terrycloth; towelling; toweling
ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
naraka (hell) realm
noh chorus
snow blown up from the ground
woven pattern
joint
local produce
(style of) folk song
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
(land) mine
dungeon; underground prison
obi cloth or material
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
type of land rent paid by farmers
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
padding; lining; foundation
sacking; bagging; land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads
ferrite
pile fabric; pile cloth
outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining
seismic motion
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
undercoating; underpainting; first coating
thick (fabric, cloth)
makeup base; liquid foundation
yukata cloth material; special light woven material 36-40cm wide for making yukata
fabric dyed, embroidered or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered
local amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)
kimono material
swelling (around a wound)
lighting a stage using border lights only
floor-level window
fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor
big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)
fabric used for a hakama; skirting
print (fabric)
ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint); land area
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
native
base (of a stem, tree trunk, pillar, etc.)
decreasing land prices
community performance (amateur theatricals, etc.)
locally-produced egg
geothermal energy; geothermal power
net fabric; thread from which nets are made
badland
umbrella cloth
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
local eggs; farm-fresh eggs
citizens of a local area or region
sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
quality of a fabric or cloth; texture of a fabric
treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion
lightweight woolen cloth (woollen); tropical woolen cloth
continuous rain
amateur kabuki performed at local festivals
garrison; security sector
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
essence; true nature; substance; originally; naturally; by nature
Examples (1 in total)
The child is crying and stamping his feet.