noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a crowd; in droves; in a stream; in succession - onomatopoeia
• crawling (of insects); swarming - onomatopoeia
• dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing; stretching out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko) ➜ 独鈷

noun:

• ground stone tool from the late Jomon period ➜ 独鈷石

noun:

• building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground

noun:

• building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground

noun:

• the field; the parade ground

noun:

• ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)

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:

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

noun:

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

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

noun / suffix:

• stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

• end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master
• endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
• sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
• middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

• appointment to a particular workplace
• using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
• continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb