north-east;  Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu);  Tohoku
 north wind;  northerly wind
 northward;  facing the north;  nobleman's true wife
 facing north;  northern exposure
 northerly (wind);  from the north
 northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
 northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
 lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping);  brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, 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
 era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
 Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
 cold wind from the northern uplands
 North Pacific high;  North Pacific anticyclone
 northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife)
 Northern Cross (asterism)
 Northern Cyprus (de facto state)
 red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
 northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
 northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea)
 Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana);  North American opossum;  tlacuache
 Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)