北方話

ほっぽうわ

Northern Chinese; Mandarin

北方領土

ほっぽうりょうど

the Northern Territories

北方戦争

ほっぽうせんそう

Great Northern War (Sweden vs. Russia, Poland, Denmark, Saxony and Hanover: 1700-1721)

北方四島

ほっぽうよんとう

the four northern islands (held by Russia), south Kuril Islands, northern territories

北方仏教

ほっぽうぶっきょう

Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)

北方人種

ほっぽうじんしゅ

Nordic race

北方限界線

ほっぽうげんかいせん

Northern Limit Line, North Limit Line, NLL, demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea

北方真獣類

ほっぽうしんじゅうるい

Boreoeutheria (clade of placental mammals), Boreotheria, boreoeutherians

北方工業大学

ほっぽうこうぎょうだいがく

North China University of Technology

北方対策本部

ほっぽうたいさくほんぶ

Northern Territories Affairs Administration

北方交通大学

ほっぽうこうつうだいがく

Northern Jiaotong University

北方領土問題

ほっぽうりょうどもんだい

Northern Territories problem, Northern Territories issue

北の方

きたのかた

northward, facing the north

北陸地方

ほくりくちほう

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

東北地方

とうほくちほう

Tohoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)

北極地方

ほっきょくちほう

Arctic region, north polar region

北海道方言

ほっかいどうほうげん

Hokkaido dialect

北北東

ほくほくとう

north-north-east, nor-nor-east

北北西

きたほくせい

north-northwest