胡

こ

barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

楊弓

ようきゅう あげゆみ

small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

楊枝

ようじ

toothpick, skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)

黄楊

つげ ツゲ

Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica), Japanese boxwood

垂楊

すいよう

weeping willow

胡同

フートン

hutong, narrow street or alley, esp. in Beijing

二胡

にこ

erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow), erh hu

胡琴

こきん

huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)

四胡

しこ

sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

胡椒

こしょう コショウ

pepper

胡桃

くるみ

walnut

柴胡

Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri

胡座

あぐら

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

胡蝶

こちょう

butterfly

胡地

barbarian territory

胡国

ここく えびすこく

North China barbarian nations

胡簶

やなぐい ころく

quiver (worn on the right hip; post-Nara period)

胡散

うさん

suspicious

胡弓

こきゅう

kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)