伊

Meaning

伊 centers on a specific reference: pointing to 'that one' person or thing. Its use for Italy is a phonetic loan, not a meaning extension.

• 伊拉久イラク

  Iraq

• 伊予いよ

  Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

• 伊い
  N1

  Italy

• 伊達だて

  elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style

• 伊勢いせ

  Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)

• 伊豆いず

  Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

• 伊良いら

  scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)

• 伊勢丹いせたん

  Isetan (department store)

• 伊賀いが

  Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

• 伊吹いぶき

  Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

• 伊勢神宮いせじんぐう

  Ise Grand Shrine

• 紀伊きい

  Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

• 伊佐木いさき

  chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt

• 紀伊國屋きのくにや

  Kinokuniya

• 伊藤忠商事いとうちゅうしょうじ

  Itochu Corporation

• 伊勢参りいせまいり

  Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine

• 伊勢海老いせえび

  spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

• 伊勢物語いせものがたり

  Tales of Ise (Heian period collection of poems)

• 伊邪那岐いざなぎ

  Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

• 京男に伊勢女きょうおとこにいせおんな

  the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise

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