Meaning of 蝦夷 in Japanese
Definition of 蝦夷
- (n) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
- Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
Words related to 蝦夷
- (n) Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
- (n) Chinese aster
- (n) Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)
- (n) sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
- (n) Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)
- (n) Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
- (n) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
- (n) Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
- (n) hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
- (n) Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
- (n) Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
