中越紛争

ちゅうえつふんそう なかごしふんそう

dispute between China and Vietnam

中越地震

ちゅうえつじしん

Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)

中越戦争

ちゅうえつせんそう

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

新潟県中越地震

Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)

越中

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

越中褌

えっちゅうふんどし

string loincloth, G-string

日中韓越

にっちゅうかんえつ

Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese (usu. characters), CJKV

越

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE)

越訴

えっそ

appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

三越

みつこし

Mitsukoshi (department store)

信越

しんえつ

region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo, Nagano and Niigata

越冬

えっとう

passing the winter, hibernation

越後

えちご

Echigo, old name for Niigata Prefecture

上越

じょうえつ

area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

越権

えっけん

going beyond authority, unauthorized, unauthorised, ultra vires

檀越

だんおつ

alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati

越州

Esshū (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

日越

にちえつ

Japan and Vietnam; Japanese-Vietnamese

飛越

ひえつ とびこし

jumping over (a hurdle), clearing (a fence), hurdling