鰺刺: a common tern

earth, land, ground / a place, a region, a piece of land / territory, dominion / (of a crate, etc.) the bottom / (printing, of a page) the bottom margin

earth; ground

the ground / earth, dirt, mud, soil / the earth (as opposed to the heavens) / the ground or bottom of something (as of a price range)

place, area

(archaic, colloquial) a nickname of Ariwara no Narihira, Heian-period waka poet

just as in the old days, just as it used to be

(archaic) used in the beginning of narratives or story literature: once upon a time, long ago

a colony (region or governmental unit)

to grow up, day by day / to recover after sickness or childbirth, day by day