Search Terms: *夷*
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noun
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Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
See also:七福神
Other readings:
恵比寿【ゑびす】
、恵比須【えびす】
、恵比須【ゑびす】
、恵比須【えべす】
、戎【えびす】
、夷【えびす】
、蛭子【えびす】
、蛭子【ひるこ】
noun
1.
Emishi, historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
2.
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)(only relevant for えぞ)
See also:蝦夷地
Other readings:
蝦夷【えみし】
noun
1.
peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)(archaism)
See also:蝦夷
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.
foreigner, barbarian(derogatory)
Other readings:
戎【えびす】
noun
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expel the barbarians, expulsion of the foreigners, late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
noun
1.
warrior from the eastern parts of Japan(derogatory, archaism, Kantou-ben (dialect))
2.
eastern barbarians, people east of China (from the perspective of China)(only relevant for とうい)
Other readings:
東夷【とうい】
noun
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(in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country, wild man
noun
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controlling foreigners by foreigners, playing one barbarian state against another(yojijukugo)
See also:夷を以て夷を制す
noun
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controlling foreigners by foreigners, playing one barbarian state against another(yojijukugo)
See also:夷を以て夷を制す
expression
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to control foreigners by foreigners, to play one barbarian state against another
noun
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yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)(usually kana)
Other readings:
エゾアカネ
noun
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Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus), eleuthero, ciwujia(usually kana)
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エゾウコギ
noun
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Japanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis), Jesso hackberry(usually kana)
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エゾエノキ
noun
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Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)(usually kana)
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エゾオオカミ
noun
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China aster (Callistephus chinensis), Chinese aster, annual aster(usually kana)
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エゾギク
noun
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lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava), lemon lily, yellow day-lily(usually kana)
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エゾキスゲ
noun
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Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)(usually kana)
Other readings:
エゾクロテン
noun
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wedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia), pixie-eye primrose(usually kana)
Other readings:
エゾコザクラ