勉強 / 単語 / 夷

えびす

  • peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) n arch
  • provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city) n
  • brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan) n
  • foreigner; barbarian n derog
  • barbarian n
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Kanji

えびす • えみし • ころ.す • たい.らげる

barbarian; savage; Ainu

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Synonyms

蝦夷

えぞ えみし

  • Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan n
  • Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) n
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