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Archeology

decorated clay tablet (Jōmon period)

keeping soil in good condition

feudal estate; daimiate; fief; feoff; fee

top soil

seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

China

the whole nation

Formal or literary term

ends of the earth; outer reaches; borderland

white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar

potter's clay; kaolin; china clay

garden soil; soil used in a garden

cornerstone; foundation stone

Tosa dialect

prefectural land; prefectural territory

causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment

indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines

rich soil; fertile land

product of the land

present; souvenir

earth dug out of a construction site

Word usually written using kana alone; Usu. as ドツボにはまる

terrible situation; awful state of affairs; (being) in the shit

Word usually written using kana alone

night-soil reservoir dug in a field

Word usually written using kana alone; Orig. meaning

night-soil pot

Rare term

earthenware vessel; earthen urn

Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays

royal or imperial domain

the (civil engineering and) construction industry

earthen rice cooker