Short for 出羽国 (Dewa-no-kuni): Dewa Province, an old province of Japan on which is today Yamagata and Akita Prefectures

(obsolete) Short for 出羽国 (Idewa/Ideha-no-kuni): Idewa Province, an old province of Japan on which is today Yamagata and Akita Prefectures

to call; to call out / to call, to apply a name to someone / to send for someone, to call for someone, to get someone / to call something by a name; to designate / to invite

to be treated to (a meal)

passive of 呼ぶ (yobu) [godan]

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

earth, dirt / fabric, cloth / (game of Go) territory

call back, recall

earth, land, ground / a place, a region, a piece of land / territory, dominion / (of a crate, etc.) the bottom / (printing, of a page) the bottom margin

earth; ground