東北: the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu.

東北東: east-northeast

保育園: nursery school

西北: northwest

北部: northern part

北上: going north

北上: to go north

北極熊: a polar bear

所念: (Classical Japanese, archaic) to seem, to appear, to look like / 所念: (Classical Japanese, archaic) to sound / 所念: (Classical Japanese, archaic) to be regarded as

cinnabar / red / elixir made with cinnabar (e.g. Chinese elixir of life) / improvised medicine / devotion / Short for 丹波国 (Tanba-koku, “Tanba Province”)