Dictionary: “土”

Saturday

embankment;bank

engineering works;civil engineering;public works

earth and stones

plot of land;lot;soil

sediment;earth and sand

downpour;pouring rain;heavy rain;pelting rain;cloudburst

foundation;base;basis

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling

dirt floor;room with dirt floor

native;aboriginal

earthenware

soil

Saturn (planet)

(wrestling) ring

last moment;eleventh hour

nature of the locality;character of a place;local colour;local color

mud wall;earthen wall;plaster wall

general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

shod feet;wearing shoes

edge of the ring

the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens);the ground;the land

platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

forum (e.g. for discussion)

present brought by a visitor

breeding ground (for);fertile ground (for)

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

pit (theater seating);parterre

muddy feet;dirty feet

locality;region;place

from the beginning;from the outset;by nature

verge;brink;critical moment;last moment

low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)

something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation);unwelcome gift;disservice

sandbag;gabion

(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

Saturday

indigenousness;being native (to a region);settling (of people)

entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring

local customs

midsummer;dog days

kneeling down on the ground;prostrate oneself

in the earth;in the ground;underground

storehouse with thick (earthen) walls;godown

burial;interment

cloud of dust

clay;earthen

weekend;Saturday and Sunday

construction worker;laborer (labourer);navvy