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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
north side; north bank
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
northern mountains; mountains to the north
north wind; northerly wind
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
north entrance; north exit
North America
facing north; northern exposure
northern hemisphere
due north
north wing (of a building); north building
northern annex; north building
northerly (wind); from the north
northern route
Northern Europe
northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period
lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (Canthigaster rivulata)
northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)
legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State
northeasterly wind
North Ossetia (Russia); North Ossetia-Alania
era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
to go north
above; north of
cold wind from the northern uplands
Northwestern Polytechnical University; NPU
North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone
era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife)
facing the north
British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)
Northern Cross (asterism)
Kitano Construction Corporation
North Macedonia
Northern Cyprus (de facto state)
lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)
red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea)
northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana); North American opossum; tlacuache
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Kitahama Station (Osaka)