Kanji 夷 Words: Meanings and Readings

蝦夷

えぞ

Yezo

夷

えびす

Ebisu

戎

えびす

brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)

攘夷

じょうい

expulsion of foreigners

えぞ鹿

えぞしか

Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis)

えびす顔

えびすがお

smiling face

えびす講

えびすこう

fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)

以夷攻夷

いいこうい

controlling foreigners by foreigners

以夷制夷

いいせいい

controlling foreigners by foreigners

夷

い

barbarian

夷を以て夷を制す

いをもっていをせいす

to control foreigners by foreigners

夷隅養護学校

いすみようごがっこう

Isumi Special Needs School (older name style)

夷国

いこく

land of the barbarians

夷振り

ひなぶり

ancient song played at the court

夷人

いじん

foreigner

夷草

えびすぐさ

sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)

夷則

いそく

(in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)

夷俗

いぞく

barbaric custom

夷蛮戎狄

いばんじゅうてき

the barbarians beyond the borders of old China

夷俘

いふ

Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)

夷狄

いてき

barbarians

華夷

かい

China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China)

蝦夷にゅう

えぞにゅう

Angelica ursina (species of perennial herb)

蝦夷ねぎ

えぞねぎ

chives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)

蝦夷茜

えぞあかね

yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)

蝦夷榎

えぞえのき

Japanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis)

蝦夷黄菅

えぞきすげ

lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava)

蝦夷貝

えぞばい

Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

蝦夷菊

えぞぎく

China aster (Callistephus chinensis)

蝦夷栗鼠

えぞりす

Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

蝦夷五加

えぞうこぎ

Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)

蝦夷黒貂

えぞくろてん

Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)

蝦夷山桜

えぞやまざくら

sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)

蝦夷縞栗鼠

えぞしまりす

Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)

蝦夷小桜

えぞこざくら

wedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia)

蝦夷松

えぞまつ

Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)

蝦夷上溝桜

えぞのうわみずざくら

bird cherry (Prunus padus)

蝦夷蝉

えぞぜみ

Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)

蝦夷禅庭花

えぞぜんていか

day lily (Hemerocallis dumortieri)

蝦夷地

えぞち

Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

蝦夷透百合

えぞすかしゆり

Siberian lily (Lilium pensylvanicum)

蝦夷白蝶

えぞしろちょう

black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)

蝦夷法螺

えぞぼら

Ezo neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea polycostata)

蝦夷蔓金梅

えぞつるきんばい

Pacific silverweed (Potentilla egedii var. grandis)

蝦夷鳴兎

えぞなきうさぎ

Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)

蝦夷雷鳥

えぞらいちょう

hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)

蝦夷鈴蘭

えぞすずらん

Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)

蝦夷狼

えぞおおかみ

Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)

蝦夷羆

えぞひぐま

Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)

蝦夷菫

えぞすみれ

Viola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)

蝦夷鼯鼠

えぞももんが

Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)

擬蝦夷法螺

えぞぼらもどき

double-sculptured neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea intersculpta)

勤王攘夷

きんのうじょうい

loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners

荒夷

あらえびす

crude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

四夷

しい

Four Barbarians

焼い弾

しょういだん

incendiary bomb

焼夷

しょうい

burning (something) away

辛夷

こぶし

kobus magnolia

征夷

せいい

defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi)

征夷大将軍

せいいたいしょうぐん

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE)

尊王攘夷

そんのうじょうい

revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians

東夷

あずまえびす

warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

東夷西戎

とういせいじゅう

barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)

匂辛夷

たむしば

willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia)

波羅夷

はらい

parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life)

蕃夷

ばんい

savages

姫蝦夷法螺

ひめえぞぼら

arthritic neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea arthritica)

幣辛夷

しでこぶし

Magnolia praecocissima

優婆夷

うばい

upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

攘夷論

じょういろん

principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)