陸

Meaning

陸 centers on dry ground as opposed to water: land, shore, or solid earth. The 'six' meaning is a separate, unrelated numeric use that does not connect to the land idea.

• 大陸たいりく
  N3

  continent

• 陸上りくじょう
  N1

  (on) land; ground; shore

• 上陸じょうりく
  N1

  landing; going ashore; disembarkation

• 陸りく
  N3

  land; shore

• 着陸ちゃくりく
  N1

  landing; alighting; touch down

• 陸軍りくぐん
  N1

  army

• 北陸ほくりく

  Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

• 離陸りりく
  N1

  takeoff

• 陸奥むつ

  Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

• 陸奥りくおう

  Rikuō (former province located in parts of present-day Aomori and Iwate prefectures)

• 内陸ないりく
  N1

  inland

• 三陸さんりく

  Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)

• 陸地りくち

  land

• 常陸ひたち

  Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

• アメリカ大陸アメリカたいりく

  American continent; the Americas

• 新大陸しんたいりく
  N2

  New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)

• 陸自りくじ

  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF

• 離着陸りちゃくりく

  takeoff and landing

• 水陸すいりく

  land and water

• 陸運りくうん

  land transportation

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