くろてん
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
black
marten
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)
sable (Martes zibellina)