the "mainland" parts of Japan 内地 [ないち] /(n) (1) (sens) within the borders of a country/domestic soil/(2) inland area/(3) (during the WWII era) Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies/interior of country/homeland/(4) (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)/ |