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攘夷じょういNounsexpulsion of foreigners
焼夷弾しょういだんNounsincendiary bomb; firebomb
以夷制夷いいせいいNounscontrolling foreigners by using other foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
以夷攻夷いいこういNounsusing foreigners to control foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
優婆夷うばいNounsupasika; female lay Buddhist follower
地火明夷ちかめいいNounsming yi (hexagram 36 of the I Ching: darkening of the light)
夷人いじんNounsbarbarian; savage · foreigner
夷俗いぞくNounsbarbaric custom; barbarian custom
夷俘いふNounsEmishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)
夷則いそくNouns9th note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. A♯) · seventh lunar month
夷国いこくNounsland of barbarians; barbarian country
夷狄いてきNounsbarbarians; foreigners
夷蛮戎狄いばんじゅうてきNounsthe barbarians beyond the borders of old China
尊王攘夷そんのうじょういNounsRevere the Emperor, expel the barbarians
征夷せいいNounssubjugation of barbarians; conquest of the Emishi
東夷西戎とういせいじゅうNounsbarbarians to the east and west
波羅夷はらいNounsparajika; expulsion from the sangha
焼夷しょういNounsburning away; burning down; incendiary destruction
蛮夷ばんいNounsbarbarians; savages
エゾゼンテイカえぞぜんていかNounsday lily; orange-yellow day lily; Nikko day lily
エゾツルキンバイえぞつるきんばいNounsPacific silverweed; Eged's silverweed
エゾバイえぞばいNounsMiddendorf's whelk
エゾライチョウえぞらいちょうNounshazel grouse