ローム層[roomusou] stratum of loam
亜成層圏[aseisouken] substratosphere
一層[issou] much more
沖積層[chuusekisou] alluvium
下層[kasou] lower strata (classes)

下層階級[kasoukaikyuu] proletariat
下層社会[kasoushakai] the underworld
下層土[kasoudo] subsoil
化石層[kasekisou] fossil bed
階層[kaisou] class

垂迹[suijaku] temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people)
筆迹[hisseki] handwriting
真迹[shinseki] true autograph

事迹[jiseki] evidence
本地垂迹説[honjisuijakusetsu] manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
迹門[shakumon] first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being