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79 word matches found for '北' using reading 'ほく'

Most common form: とうほく

noun

1. north-east

2. Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu) (see also: 東北地方; this meaning is restricted to reading とうほく)

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noun

north-west

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ほくとしちせい

noun

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow (see also: 北斗星, 大熊座; astronomy, etc. term)

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noun, noun (suffix)

north of; and northward

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ほくちょう

noun

Northern Dynasty

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きょくほく

noun

extreme north; North Pole

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とうほくとう

noun

east-northeast; ENE

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せいほくせい

noun

west-northwest

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とうほくちほう

noun

Tohoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)

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noun

due north

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noun

north coast; north bank

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とうほくのうさぎ

Most common form: トウホクノウサギ

noun

Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare) (often written with kana only)

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'na' adjective, 'no' adjective

northernmost

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noun, 'suru' verb

proceeding north (see also: 南進)

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ちゅうほくぶ

noun, 'no' adjective

north central region

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ほくおうじん

noun

1. Northern European; Norsemen; Scandinavian

2. Nordic

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ほくりくちほう

noun

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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ぜんほくく

noun

Holarctic (region)

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ほくべいたいりく

noun, 'no' adjective

North American continent

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ほくとせい

noun

the Great Bear; the Big Dipper; the Plough; the Plow (see also: 大熊座, 北斗七星; astronomy, etc. term)

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とうほくにほん

noun

northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line) (see also: 西南日本)

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noun

compass north

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む

Most common form: ほくそ笑む

'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb

to chuckle; to gloat; to snicker

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さいほくたん

noun

northernmost tip (of country)

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noun

North China

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とうほくじん

noun

Northeastener

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ほくおうしんわ

noun

Norse mythology

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とうほくかんとうだいしんさい

東北関東大震災

noun

Tohoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Sendai earthquake

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とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん

東北地方太平洋沖地震

noun

Tohoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake

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noun

North Manchuria

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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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