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    3. 越後

    越後

    越えち後ご

    Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

    KMT7News #17+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab21 strokes

    えちご

    Noun

    1.
    Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    越えち後ごは現げん在ざいの新 潟 県 にあたる地ち域いきだ。

    Echigo is the region corresponding to present-day Niigata Prefecture.

    KMT5HistoryWeather & Geography
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、越えち後ごには上うえ杉すぎ謙けん信しんという武ぶ将しょうがいた。

    During the Sengoku period, there was a warlord named Uesugi Kenshin in Echigo.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    越えち後ご上じょう布ふは、越えち後ご地ち方ほうで作つくられる伝でん統とう的てきな麻あさ織おり物ものだ。

    Echigo-jofu is a traditional linen fabric made in the Echigo region.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    越えち後ご湯ゆ沢ざわは、冬ふゆにはスキー客きゃくで賑にぎわう温おん泉せん地ちだ。

    Echigo-Yuzawa is a hot spring resort that bustles with skiers in winter.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    越えち後ご地ち方ほうは、豊ゆたかな米こめどころとして知しられている。

    The Echigo region is known as a rich rice-producing area.

    KMT8HistoryFood & DiningNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    越
    こ.す・-こ.す・-ご.し・こ.える・-ご.え…(10)
    surpass・cross over・move to・exceed・Vietnam
    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
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