田

(water-filled) paddy field

high rice field

oil field

rural area

the country

rice field

mulberry plantation

new rice field

rice planting

fields (of rice and other crops)

(reliable) source of votes

solder

paddy field

speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green

paddy field

saltpan

coalfield

plait

oden

deep-mud paddy

garden city

gas field

tanbo art

worn-out rice land

rice paddy

farmland

paddy administered directly by a ruler

small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar

rice-field tilling

rice field (usu. small)

Maeda no krakkaa (Maeda Seika brand of crackers)

rice field on flat land

solder fillet

soldering iron

rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryō system)

tilling a paddy field

to till a rice paddy

Ueda Harlow Co., Ltd.

privately owned rice field

peasant

master of the rice field

farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)

cultivated fields

rural cottage

allotted rice field (ritsuryō system)

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period

Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)

black-skinned variety of watermelon

deity of rice fields and harvests

field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)

of course!

Japan National Soccer Team

snow-covered rice paddy

Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)

slash-and-burn agriculture

protecting a rice field

surface of a rice paddy

slash-and-burn farmer (in Korea)

map of towns, rice fields, etc. (ritsuryō period)

Sanda Line (Kobe Electric Railway)

Gōda-ikka (yakuza syndicate)

empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)

fertile, productive field

haradaite

traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

rice paddy plowing

large constituency

Fujita scale (of tornado intensity)

muddy rice field

Yamada grammar (Japanese grammar created by Yoshio Yamada)

Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)

land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)

Mita International School (abbr)

rustic

fertile rice paddy

Akita (city, prefecture)

non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)

type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)

Kishida faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Harada's disease

New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest

law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)

equal-field system (of ancient China)

terraced rice fields

Hosoda faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party)

Akita University

Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryō system)

Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

Fukuda Corporation

pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

Gnathopogon elongatus (species of cyprinid)

Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

country dweller

municipal waste from which valuable raw materials can be extracted

Tada Corporation

Yagi-Uda antenna

North Sea oil fields

Toda Kogyo Corporation

rice-planting machine

seeking one's own interests

plait

Yasuda Women's University

Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school)

Setagaya Line

even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them

unswept hairdo originating in the mid-eighteenth century (now popular at traditional weddings)

(theatrical) provincial tour

fruitless discussion

device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play

dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow

lowly people (Edo period)

ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year

country bumpkin

to become rustic

to appear rustic

remote countryside

provincial

pain de campagne

professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)

Takada Corporation

Murata rifle (Meiji-era single-shot rifle)

Akita Shoten (publisher)

country town

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)

Arita ware (porcelain)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Enhanced Fujita scale (of tornado intensity)

farm house

point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)

European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia)

Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)

rice-planting song

Akita Prefectural Police (abbr)

Yoshida Shinto

ringworm (of the body)

ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples

dealing in unharvested rice crop

belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy

dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out

Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)

country-bred

SPC Electronics Corporation

Ikeda Bank

Akita Prefectural University

Tanuma period (1767-1786)

Ueda Women's Junior College

Kanda University of International Studies