蝦夷

Readings

Kana: えぞ、えみし

Romaji: ezo, emishi

Definitions

noun

1

historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

2

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

See also: 蝦夷地

Kanji

蝦

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 えび

Meanings: shrimp, prawn, lobster

夷

Readings: イ、 えびす、 えみし、 ころ.す、 たい.らげる

Meanings: barbarian, savage, Ainu