This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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土台石

どだいいし
cornerstone; foundation stone
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土団子

つちだんご、ツチダンゴ
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
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土地の人

とちのひと
locals; natives
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土筆

筆頭菜
つくし、どひつ、ひっとうさい、つくづくし
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
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厭離穢土

えんりえど、おんりえど
abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
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土俗学

どぞくがく
ethnography
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永久凍土

えいきゅうとうど
permafrost
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伊土戦争

いとせんそう
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
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安土桃山時代

あづちももやまじだい
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE)
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土嚢

土のう
どのう
sandbag