以夷制夷

controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another

以夷攻夷

いいこうい

controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another

夷を以て夷を制す

いをもっていをせいす

to control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another

辛夷

こぶし

kobus magnolia, Magnolia praecocissima, Magnolia kobus

蝦夷

えぞ えみし

historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

征夷

せいい せいえびす

warring against barbarians

東夷

あずまえびす とうい

(in Japanese history) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

夷狄

いてき

barbarians, aliens

焼夷

burning (something) away; burning (something) down

攘夷

じょうい

expel the barbarians, expulsion of the foreigners, late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

夷人

いじん えびすじん

barbarian, savage

夷国

いこく えびすこく

land of the barbarians

華夷

かい

China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China), civilized land and uncivilized land

荒夷

あらえびす

(in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country, wild man

蛮夷

ばんい

savages, barbarians

四夷

しい

the surrounding barbarians (from a Chinese perspective)

夷則

いそく

(in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)

夷俗

いぞく えびすぞく

customs of the barbarians

夷草

えびすぐさ エビスグサ

sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)