noun:

• one's innate character; spirit; backbone

noun:

• Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) ［土蜘蛛］ ➜ 地蜘蛛
• tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)

noun:

• upper parterre (e.g. in a kabuki theatre)

noun:

• scorched-earth strategy (tactics)

noun:

• tumulus; barrow; grave mound

noun:

• Japanese mole (Mogera wogura); Temminck's mole

noun:

• Department of Homeland Security; DHS ➜ 国土安全保障省

noun:

• paper clay

expression / noun:

• locals; natives

noun:

• dirt mound
• dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

noun:

• golden mole (Chrysochloridae spp.)

noun:

• folk entertainment

expression:

• all things have the Buddha nature - from Nirvana sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 大般涅槃経

noun:

• corporate culture

noun:

• the (civil engineering and) construction industry

noun:

• narrow strip of land

noun:

• Sado mole (Mogera tokudae); Tokuda's mole

noun:

• eternity; paradise

noun:

• climate and natural features (of a region) - four character idiom

noun:

• natives; aborigines

noun:

• southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops)

noun:

• local cuisine; regional cuisine ➜ 郷土料理

noun:

• love for one's hometown

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bury in the ground

noun:

• local ruler