peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture |
夷 [えびす] /(n) (1) (arch) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)/(2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)/(3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)/(4) (derog) foreigner/barbarian/ ------- 蝦夷 [えぞ] /(n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)/(2) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)/ ------- 蝦夷 [えみし] /(ok) (n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)/ ------- 戎 [えびす] /(n) (1) (arch) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)/(2) provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)/(3) brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)/(4) (derog) foreigner/barbarian/ |