土

land use

land improvement

"goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period

scorched-earth strategy (tactics)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; approx. 720 CE)

Shinto

Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Izumo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Izumo province; 733 CE)

the spiritual climate

overseas territory; overseas possession

land reform

summer airing (of clothes)

Product name

Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Izumo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Izumo province; 733 CE)

molehill; mole mound

three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; approx. 720 CE)

land expropriation

complete collapse; (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair)

Sumo

undefeated record; clean record; no losses

corporate culture

maintenance of territorial integrity

general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

Department of Homeland Security; DHS

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure)