えぞ
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"
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Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
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
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika