[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