peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture |
夷;戎 [えびす] /(n) (1) (arch) (See 蝦夷) 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/EntL1156020X/ ------- 蝦夷 [えぞ;えみし(ok)] /(n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)/(2) (えぞ only) (See 蝦夷地) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)/EntL1195690X/ |