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Grade 9

Meanings

barbarian
savage
Ainu

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
えびす
えみし
ころ.す
たい.らげる
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names

Common Words

いふ
Noun
Freq #26485
1

Historical term

Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)

みし
エミシ
Noun
Freq #39395
1

Historical term

Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

2

えぞ only; Historical term

Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

ょうい
Noun
Freq #46913
1

Historical term

expulsion of foreigners

びす
Noun
Freq #47463
1

Archaic

peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)

2

provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)

3

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

4

Derogatory

foreigner; barbarian

びす
ゑびす (恵比寿/恵比須)
ひるこ (蛭子/水蛭子)
べす (恵比須)
蛭子
恵比須
水蛭子
Noun
Freq #47463
1

Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

いいたいしょうぐん
Noun
Freq #56147
1

Historical term

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

2

Historical term

shogun; great, unifying leader

焼い弾
ょういだん
Noun
Freq #58407
1

incendiary bomb; firebomb

えぞち
Noun
Freq #67313
1

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

2

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

てき
Noun
Freq #73720
1

barbarians; aliens

尊王攘夷
んのうじょうい
Noun
四字熟語
Freq #74342
1

Historical term; Bakumatsu-period slogan

revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians

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