[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
[やしろ, yashiro] (n, n-suf) (1) (abbr) (See 会社) company; association; society; (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr, suf) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc. #189
[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, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[わけ, wake] (n) (arch) (See 姓・かばね) lord (hereditary title for imperial descendants in outlying regions) #249
[かいし, kaishi] (n, vs) start; commencement; beginning; initiation; (P) #294
[ちいき, chiiki] (n) area; region; (P) #328
[ちゅうごく, chuugoku] (n) (1) China; (2) South-west most region of Honshu; middle of a country; the Hiroshima area; (P) #390
[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
[きさい, kisai] (n, vs) (See 記録) record; statement; description; mention; listing; registration; booking; entry; (P) #450