Meanings

rammed earth

local history museum

tosa (dog breed)

construction work

hopper barge

salt dough

lying down on the ground (in apology)

scorched-earth strategy (policy, tactics)

landscapes homogenized due to increased suburbanization

(mnemonic for) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

enclave

patterned ground (caused by the freezing and thawing of soil)

Saturday childcare (e.g. at a nursery school)

bonito-flavored vinegar dressing

marl

National Land Use Planning Act

decorated clay tablet (Jōmon period)

Haji ware

blue iron earth

US mainland