Noun
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
Historical term
Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
Historical termsee 蝦夷地
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Nounmantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria); mantis crab; squilla
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'being bent (with age); being stooped over
NounVitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)
NounYezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
NounChina aster (Callistephus chinensis); Chinese aster; annual aster
NounHokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)
NounHokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
NounYezo (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
NounHokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
Nounranula
NounMiddendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Nounyellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
NounLyristes japonicus (species of cicada)
NounJapanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis); Jesso hackberry
NounViola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)
Nounsargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
Nounhazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
NounPteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
NounJapanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
Nountoadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis)
NounHokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
Nounchives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)
NounEzo neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea polycostata)
Nounlemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava); lemon lily; yellow day-lily
Nounblack-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)
NounOchotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)
NounEpipactis papillosa (species of orchid)
NounSiberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus); eleuthero; ciwujia
Nounwedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia); pixie-eye primrose
NounEzo brown frog (Rana pirica); Hokkaidō frog
NounTamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)
NounPacific silverweed (Potentilla egedii var. grandis); Eged's silverweed
NounSiberian lily (Lilium pensylvanicum)
Nounday lily (Hemerocallis dumortieri); orange-yellow day lily; Nikko day lily
Nounbird cherry (Prunus padus)
NounAngelica ursina (species of perennial herb)
NounChristmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata); crab cactus
Nounfrog
Nounprawn; shrimp; lobster
Nountoad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
Noungoby (fish) · yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
Noun(coin) purse with a metal clasp
Nounlock with a curved shape resembling a shrimp (used for gate bolts) · padlock
Nouncrayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)
Noungoldfish with a shrimp-like tail · head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
Nounshrimp-shaped taro variety
NounCalanthe discolor (species of orchid)
Nounarching one's body backwards (like a shrimp) · holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)
Nounclearwing moth larva