Nounvillage; hamlet · countryside; country · home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

Nounfoster child · adopted animal (e.g. pet)

Nounfoster parent; foster parents · (pet) caretaker

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreturning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay) · bride's first visit to her parents after getting married · coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad)

Nountaro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

Nounhomesickness; nostalgia

Nounone's wife's family; bride's family

Nounvillager; village folk; countryfolk

Nounmileage; distance

Nounmileage; distance

Nounsatoyama; rural landscape coexisting with local agricultural communities

Nounkanji "village" radical

Nounany oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry

Nounvillage

Nounpet dog; domesticated dog

Nounsnow that falls on villages

Nounmountain village (region)

Nounnon-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)

Nounvillage chief

Nounprotected undeveloped coastline near populated areas; section of ocean that coexists with a nearby populated area

Nounvillage; hamlet · gate at the entrance to a village; village gate

Nounmilepost; milestone

Nouncountryside dialect · sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period

Nounkagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace

Nounimperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)

Nounadoption event for homeless animals · foster parents association

Nounexhibition of returned works (e.g. from overseas)

Nounrural community development; rural community activation

Nounmountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

Nounreturning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home

Noundialect · language of the common people; colloquial language; slang

Nounproverb; saying

Noundialect · language of the common people; colloquial language; slang

Nounballad; folk song; popular song

NounAraceae (arum family of plants)