noun / ~する noun:

• creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

noun:

• creeper (plant that grows along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

noun:

• geoglyph (drawing on the ground)

noun:

• infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
• general education curriculum ➜ 普通課程

noun:

• infantry troops (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)

noun / ~する noun:

• kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

noun:

• Transportation Corps (Service branch of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) ➜ 輜重兵

noun:

• powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground) ➜ 抹茶

noun:

• Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark)

noun:

• common (e.g. fishery or hunting ground); commonage

noun:

• false catshark (species of deep water ground shark, Pseudotriakis microdon)

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

noun:

• anti-aircraft fire; shooting at an aircraft (from ground or ship)

noun:

• lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

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

adjective:

• low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
• low (position); close to the ground
• short (height)
• deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

noun / ~の noun:

• basement; cellar; underground place

prefix:

• underground; below ground
• secret; under cover

noun:

• underground (railway); subway; metro - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• alley; alleyway; lane ［路地・露路］
• bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops) ［露地］
• teahouse garden ［路地・露地］
• path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

noun:

• carpet; rug; matting; carpeting
• mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
• spread; (cloth) cover; coaster

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
• to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
• to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
• to sell
• to postpone; to put off; to defer

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down
• to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness) - usu. 臥せる ➜ 臥せる【ふせる】

noun:

• soil
• breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)