noun:

• earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
• the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
• low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ➜ 鳥の子紙
• (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) - also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌 ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• product of the land
• present; souvenir ➜ みやげ

expression:

• those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land (a mantra of Confucianism) - proverb

noun:

• right crop for the land; suitable crop for the land - four character idiom

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

noun:

• gods of the land; earthly deities

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• of the land - archaism

noun:

• Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

adverbial noun / noun:

• all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wait and see; to see how the land lies

expression:

• time to pay the piper; time to pay the land tax (in kind) [literal]

noun:

• the whole nation; all the people in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸

expression:

• a fish out of water; a kappa up on the land [literal] ➜ 河童

noun:

• geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海の幸

noun / ~の noun:

• (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land - four character idiom

noun:

• ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom