越後

えちご

Echigo, old name for Niigata Prefecture

越屋根

こしやね

roof monitor, monitor roof, lantern (roof)

越後兎

えちごうさぎ エチゴウサギ

Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

引越し屋

ひっこしや

removalist, mover

越後獅子

えちごじし

street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

越

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

屋根屋

やねや

roofer, thatcher

屋

や

(something) shop

後

あと のち ご

(のち) later; afterwards; since

屋上架屋

おくじょうかおく

gilding the lily, adding redundant things

後手後手

ごてごて

ending up behind with everything, being always too late (never in time)

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

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