田

fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish

Shinto

Sarutahiko (deity)

pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)

traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

fertile rice paddy

melon field; melon patch

Poetical term

crane (bird)

colonization; colonisation

fertile, productive field

Historical term

Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school)

Historical term

sword of the Dōtanuki school (usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords)

Also as 胴田貫; in fiction

heavy sword

coalfield; coal field

(reliable) source of votes; area of strong electoral support; stronghold; (voter) base

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

country dweller

Arita ware (porcelain)

rice field used to grow wheat

braid

small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar

tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field

tilling a paddy field

peasant

苧環 only

fan columbine (Aquilegia flabellata)

苧環 only

hemp yarn wound into a hollow ball

Abbreviation

egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles

common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

slash-and-burn agriculture

northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit