NichiDict

えみし

蝦夷
[emishi]

Meanings

1.Noun

Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

2.Noun

Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

Examples

蝦夷は東北に住んだ古代の民族だ。

The Emishi were an ancient people who lived in the Tohoku region.

大和朝廷は蝦夷との戦いを何度も繰り返した歴史がある。

There is a history of the Yamato court fighting repeated battles with the Emishi.

蝦夷の文化を研究している歴史家がいる。

There are historians who study Emishi culture.