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蝦夷

noun

(historical) those people living in the northeast of Japan, regardless of ethnicity, with customs and culture and government that differ from the central Japanese imperial state

私は蝦夷の歴史に興味があります。

I am interested in the history of Ezo.

意味（1）

(historical) those people living in the northeast of Japan, regardless of ethnicity, with customs and culture and government that differ from the central Japanese imperial state

意味（2）

(historical) an ancient ethnic group that once lived in what is now the 関東 (Kantō), 北陸 (Hokuriku) and 東北 (Tōhoku) regions, likely as far as Hokkaido; likely related to the Ainu people

えぞが住(す)む津(つ)軽(がろ)の野辺(のべ)の萩盛(はぎさか)りこや錦(にしき)木(ぎ)の立(た)てるなるらん

Ezo ga sumu Tsugaro-no-nobe no hagi sakari koya nishikigi no taterunaruranIn Tsugaro where the Ezo live, the fields are abloom with clover; by now they will be setting up wooden trees, brocaded with desire.

意味（3）

(regional) short for 蝦夷松 (Ezo matsu): the Yezo spruce, Picea jezoensis