Meaning of 夷 in Japanese
Definition of 夷
- (n) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
- provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
- brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
- foreigner; barbarian
- (n) Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce)
- (n) barbarian
Words related to 夷
- (n) land of the barbarians
- (n) barbarian; savage
- foreigner
- (n) customs of the barbarians
- (n) barbarians; aliens
- (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)
- (n) loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
- (n) savages; barbarians
- (n) expulsion of the foreigners
- (n) fire bomb; incendiary bomb
- (n) commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
- (n) 19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners
