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What does 蝦夷 (えみし, emishi) mean?

蝦夷 (えみし, emishi) means Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan.

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Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

  1. 1noun Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
  2. 2noun Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

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