地

US military base

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

on-the-job training; hands-on training

place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue

important place; strategic point; critical location

disputed territory; conflict area

air (force) base

factory or industrial district or area

Mother Earth

creation of heaven and earth

Buddhism

prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect

supply base; storage depot

foreign land; overseas land

Historical term

overseas territories of the Empire of Japan (e.g. Korea, Taiwan)

marsh land; swamp

Idiomatic expression

difference between night and day; world of difference; (being) poles apart; difference between heaven and earth

reclaimed land

dark blue ground

dark blue cloth

military base

penal colony

place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home

place of origin (of manufactured goods)

land survey; cadastral survey

Word usually written using kana alone

Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)

euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)

site survey; field study

local site; location for making or filming a movie