えぞ鹿しか
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
Kanji used
deer
Pitch accent
しか
Composed of
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid