[くに, kuni] (n) (1) country; (the) state; (2) region; (3) (obs) (See 国郡里制) province (of Japan); (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (arch) land; earth; (P) #117
[しゅう, shuu] (n) (1) state; province; county (UK); department (of ancient China); (2) continent; (suf) (3) (arch) (after someone's name) dear; (P) #129
[どう, dou] (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) #201
[ちほう(P);じかた, chihou (P); jikata] (n, adj-no) (1) area; locality; district; region; province; (2) countryside; rural area; (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water); (4) (じかた only) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance; (P) #416
[しょう, shou] (n, n-suf) (1) ministry; department; (2) province (of China); (n-pref) (3) (See 省スペース) saving; conserving #652
[やまと, yamato] (n) (1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (adj-f) (3) (See 大和絵, 大和魂) Japanese; (P) #2108
[しょこく, shokoku] (n, n-suf) various countries; various regions; various provinces; (P) #3775
[さつま, satsuma] (n) (1) Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture); (2) (abbr) (See 薩摩芋・さつまいも) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) #4863
[どうこく, doukoku] (n) the same country; the same province; the said country; (P) #8908
[おとす, otosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; (6) { comp } to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; (7) { MA } to make someone swoon (judo); (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting); (P) #10232
[たこく, takoku] (n, vs) foreign country; another province; (P) #10390
[とうごく, tougoku] (n) eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces #14928
[しきしま, shikishima] (n) (1) (See 大和・1) Yamato (province); (2) (See 日本) Japan; (3) (abbr) (See 敷島の道) the art of classical Japanese poetry #17666
[どうきょう, doukyou] (n) same village; same town; same province; (P) #19364
[えんかいしゅう, enkaishuu] (n) (Russian) maritime provinces; (P)
[げこく, gekoku] (n, vs) leaving for the provinces
[がいしょうじん, gaishoujin] (n) (1) (See 本省人) (China) someone from outside one's own province; (2) (Taiwan) someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII
[かんとうはっしゅう, kantouhasshuu] (n) (See 関八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
[かんはっしゅう, kanhasshuu] (n) (abbr) (See 関東八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
[きょうかいかんく, kyoukaikanku] (n) ecclesiastical province
[ごうりせい, gourisei] (n) (See 国郡里制) township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)
[ごきない, gokinai] (n) (See 四畿内) the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
[こくぐんりせい, kokugunrisei] (n) (See 郷里制, 律令制) province-district-neighbourhood system (system of administrative divisions under the ritsuryo; 1 neighbourhood=~50 homes, 1 district=2-20 neighbourhoods)
[くにおもて, kuniomote] (n) one's home; one's native province
[しきない, shikinai] (n) (arch) (See 五畿内) the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi
[おもいこむ, omoikomu] (v5m, vi) to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on; (P)
[しゅうしゅう, shuushuu] (n) every state; every province
[しょこくまんゆう, shokokumanyuu] (n, vs) tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province)
[しんぷく, shinpuku] (n, vs) being convinced
[かみありづき, kamiariduki] (n) (obsc) (term used in Izumo Province) (See 神無月) tenth lunar month
[ときふせる, tokifuseru] (v1, vt) to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
[すべおさ, subeosa] (n) (arch) (See 律令制, 総領・3) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces
[そうりょう, souryou] (n) (1) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; (2) child who carries on the family name; (3) (arch) (See 律令制, 総領・すべおさ) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (4) (arch) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
[ぞくしゅう, zokushuu] (n) provincia; province of ancient Rome
[ぬがせや, nugaseya] (n) persons who convince female celebrities to pose nude for photoshoots
[どうきょうじん, doukyoujin] (n) person from the same province, town, village, etc.
[どうこくじん, doukokujin] (n) fellow countryman; compatriot; person from same province
[どうたぬき, doutanuki] (n) (1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
[とくしん, tokushin] (n, vs) consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
[はっしゅう, hasshuu] (n) (1) (arch) (See 八洲) Japan; (2) (See 関八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
[はんごく, hangoku] (n) half a kuni (province)
[はんしんはんぎ, hanshinhangi] (n, adj-no) half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
[ひごずいき, higozuiki] (n) (See 蓮芋) dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid)
[きたぐに(P);ほっこく, kitaguni (P); hokkoku] (n) northern provinces; northern countries; (P)
[ほんしょうじん, honshoujin] (n) (1) (China) someone from one's own province; (2) (Taiwan) someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave
[やじん, yajin] (n) (1) rustic; country bumpkin; person with rough and simple tastes; (2) Yeren; legendary mountain-dwelling hominid (similar to a sasquatch, yeti, etc.) of China's Hubei province
[ろくじゅうよしゅう, rokujuuyoshuu] (n) 66-odd provinces of old Japan; 60-odd states