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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