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夷

noun

(historical) Synonym of 蝦夷 (Ezo): an ancient ethnic group attested in the Nihon Shoki that once lived on what is now the Kantō, Hokuriku and Tōhoku regions, likely as far as Hokkaido, possibly related to the Ainu people; dubbed as "barbarians" or "savages" by the Yamato

彼は古代の夷の歴史について研究しています。

He is studying the history of the ancient barbarians.

意味（1）

(historical) Synonym of 蝦夷 (Ezo): an ancient ethnic group attested in the Nihon Shoki that once lived on what is now the Kantō, Hokuriku and Tōhoku regions, likely as far as Hokkaido, possibly related to the Ainu people; dubbed as barbarians or savages by the Yamato

意味（2）

a person living far away from the 都 (miyako, “capital”), loosely translated to bumpkin or hick

意味（3）

(regional, derogatory) a barbarian, savage, especially referring to the 東夷 (azuma-ebisu, “warrior from the eastern parts of Japan”)

わがおもふ人(ひと)だにすまばみちのくのえびすの里(さと)もうときものかは

waga omou hito dani sumaba Michinoku no ebisu no sato utoki mono ka wa

意味（4）

(by extension, derogatory) a foreigner