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蝦え夷ぞ

Meanings

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)

when read as "えぞ"

Alt. forms

Kanji used

shrimp

barbarian

Pitch accent

え

ぞ

Used in vocabulary (23 in total)

蝦え夷ぞ地ち

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

蝦え夷ぞ松まつ

Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce

蝦え夷ぞ栗り鼠す

Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)