tortoise

inland area

ashore, on land / Short for 陸上競技 (rikujō kyōgi, “track and field”).

Short for 陸前国 (Rikuzen-no-kuni): Rikuzen Province, one of the provinces of Japan separated from the older 陸奥 (Mutsu) Province in the early Meiji period; today part of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures

humble; modest

The six principles for composing Chinese script.

a recruit

to request

(military, of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) a non-commissioned officer

land route / (used with で) by land