ほっぽう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. the north; northward; northern direction
Noun
2. northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
Pitch accent
っぽう
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
Southern Kuril Islands (held by Russia, claimed by Japan); Northern Territories
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
Boreoeutheria (clade of placental mammals); Boreotheria; boreoeutherians
Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
Examples (1 in total)
Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.