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    3. 蝦夷

    蝦夷

    蝦えみ夷し

    Emishi

    KMT10News #41+1Ref L2NounHistoryKanji Vocab21 strokes

    えみしえぞエミシ

    Noun

    1.
    Emishi, Ezo, non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
    historical term
    2.
    Yezo, Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
    historical term

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    蝦えみ夷しは、古こ代だい日に本ほんの東とう北ほく地ち方ほうに住すんでいた人ひと々びとを指さす言こと葉ばです。

    Emishi is a term referring to the people who lived in the Tohoku region of ancient Japan.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    大やま和とちょ朝う廷ていは、蝦えみ夷しとの間あいだでしばしば衝しょう突とつを繰くり返かえしました。

    The Yamato court frequently clashed with the Emishi.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    蝦えみ夷しの文ぶん化かや言げん語ごについては、未いまだ多おおくの謎なぞが残のこされており、研けん究きゅうが進すすめられています。

    Many mysteries still remain regarding the culture and language of the Emishi, and research is ongoing.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & TraditionsScience & Math
    坂さか上のう田えの村た麻むら呂まろは、蝦えみ夷し征せい討とうで名なを馳はせた武ぶ将しょうとして知しられています。

    Sakanoue no Tamuramaro is known as a military commander who gained fame through his subjugation of the Emishi.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary
    北ほっ海かい道どうの旧きゅう称しょうである蝦え夷ぞ地ちは、かつて蝦えみ夷しの人ひと々びとが暮くらしていた土と地ちでした。

    Ezochi, the former name for Hokkaido, was once the land where the Emishi people lived.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & TraditionsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    蝦
    えび…(3)
    shrimp・prawn・lobster
    夷
    えびす・えみし・ころ.す・たい.らげる…(2)
    barbarian・savage・Ainu
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