clod

On-Yomi: カイ、ケ — Kun-Yomi: かたまり、つちくれ

Koohii stories:

1) [Raichu] 12-4-2008(88): This word somehow reminds me of a golem… an oni made from soil.

2) [dingomick] 16-3-2007(73): Without any weapons, our only defense was to throw clods of dirt at the advancing zombie horde.

3) [joxn_costello] 9-2-2009(56): 塊=かたまり , from Katamari Damacy ( 塊魂 ). Imagine playing Katamari Damacy; on this level you start with a clod of dirt, and roll up demons into it.

4) [mspertus] 12-12-2006(55): Easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem (or if you prefer, http://schwicky.net/xfiles/episodes/4/kaddish/).

5) [astridtops] 2-12-2006(21): Remember the whole ghost of Mars debate? When they first took pictures of the Martian soil, the picture looked like it contained a ghost. But later photographs showed it was a mere clod of soil.