夷

えびす い

barbarian

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

夷国

いこく えびすこく

land of the barbarians

夷狄

いてき

barbarians, aliens

蛮夷

ばんい

savages, barbarians

蝦夷

えぞ えみし

historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

東夷

あずまえびす とうい

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

征夷

せいい せいえびす

warring against barbarians

焼夷

burning (something) away; burning (something) down

華夷

かい

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

攘夷

じょうい

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

夷俘

いふ

Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)

夷俗

いぞく えびすぞく

customs of the barbarians

四夷

しい

the surrounding barbarians (from a Chinese perspective)

辛夷

こぶし

kobus magnolia, Magnolia praecocissima, Magnolia kobus

夷人

いじん えびすじん

barbarian, savage

荒夷

あらえびす

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

夷草

えびすぐさ エビスグサ

sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)