つち
tsuchi

Noun

1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud

農家 のうか ひと たち すき つち たがやす。
nōkano hitotachiwa sukide tsuchio tagayasu.
Farmers turn up the soil with plows.
Noun

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

Noun

3. low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)

Related to 鳥の子紙
Noun

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

Related to 陰陽道
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