壱越

いちこつ

(in Japan) 1st note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D)

壱岐

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture)

金壱万円

きんいちまんえん

10,000 yen

越

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

調

ちょう

pitch, tone, key

越訴

えっそ

appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

中越

ちゅうごし なかごし

over center field (centre)

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

借越

outstanding debt; overdraft

越境

えっきょう

border transgression