history / the study of history

earth, dirt / fabric, cloth / (game of Go) territory

letter challenging someone to a duel

Japan

(archaic) Japan

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

gender role

(linguistics) "role language": unique language usage serving as a marker of social identity in fictional speech

importance

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