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Noun
1. loessGeology
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2. yellow ochre; yellow ocher
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3. Hades; hell; underworld; world of the deadArchaic, Only applies to こうど
Wikipedia definition
4. LoessLoess is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate. It is usually homogeneous and highly porous and is traversed by vertical capillaries that permit the sediment to fracture and form vertical bluffs.
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黄土 【こうど】

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