北方

ほっぽう

northern (district), northward

仕方話

しかたばなし

talking with gestures

話し方

はなしかた

way of talking, speaking style

北の方

きたのかた

northward, facing the north

北欧神話

ほくおうしんわ

Norse mythology

北京官話

ペキンかんわ

Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese (as spoken during the Qing dynasty)

対話方式

たいわほうしき

interactive mode

北陸地方

ほくりくちほう

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

北方領土

ほっぽうりょうど

the Northern Territories

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

北海道方言

ほっかいどうほうげん

Hokkaido dialect

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