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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

northern part; the north (of a region)

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

north side; north bank

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

North Korea

north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea

northwest

northeast

Beijing (China); Peking

going north

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

northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)

sense of defeat

Kitakyushu (city)

North Pole; the Arctic

northeastern part; the northeast

northwestern part; the northwest

Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia

east, west, south and north

North America

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

north wind; northerly wind

Northern Territories (administered by Russia, claimed by Japan); Southern Kuril Islands

northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland

north gate

northern mountains; mountains to the north

Keihin-Tōhoku Line

Taipei (Taiwan)

Tōhoku Shinkansen

Tōhoku Electric Power

Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute

north entrance; north exit

north-west

northern extremity

northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

loser; the defeated

north-northwest

Tohoku University

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO

Hokkaido Electric Power

Hokkaido University

west-northwest

Norse mythology

the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories

Tōhoku Expressway

Arctic Circle; the Arctic

Hokkaido Shinkansen

north-northeast; north-north-east

Hubei Province (China)

Northeast Asia

north coast; north bank

east-northeast; ENE

Arctic Ocean

North America

northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

northerly (wind); from the north

American Civil War (1861-1865)

northernmost

north latitude

person who has fled from North Korea; North Korean defector

Hokuriku Electrical Power

Northern Ireland

northern hemisphere

extreme north; North Pole; utmost limit; breaking point

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

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

facing north; northern exposure

... and northward; in and to the north of ...

Hebei Province (China)

Kitasato University

northern extremity

North Pacific

due north

Peking duck

proceeding north

North China

Kyoto

Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

north face; north side; the north; facing north

Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th centuries CE)

Beijing Olympics

north wall; north face (of a mountain)

Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

North-Star

northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)

northern region; the north

Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

defeatist

Fist of the North Star (manga series and media franchise; written by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo)

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

northern sky

northern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)

Hokushin Ittō-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Chiba Shūsaku ca. 1820)

Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese

northern expedition; military campaign to the north

northern part of a prefecture

North American continent

North and South America; the Americas

Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; Hokurikudō; highway running through the Hokuriku region

north of the capital; northern part of Kyoto

north wing (of a building); north building

northern route

northern waters

north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa

fleeing from North Korea

North Atlantic

North China

Northern Expedition (China; 1926-1928)

(geographic) North Pole

northerly wind

Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star

Peking University

northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)

northern annex; north building

defeatism

Northern Europe

Legan Lombarda; northern-based opposition alliance; Northern Alliance

North Macedonia

Tohoku Fukushi University

northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)

person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite

cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period

Kitanagoya City

Nordic countries; Scandinavian countries

Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)

Northern Song dynasty (of China; 960-1127)

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect

Hokkaidou University of Health Sciences

Mount Hiei; Enryaku-ji (Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei)

northern foot (of a mountain)

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

North Manchuria

northern suburbs

lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (Canthigaster rivulata)

Peking man (Homo erectus pekinensis)

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

Nordic person; Scandinavian; Northern European

Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Limited

Hokuto; BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

Hokkaido University of Education

Boxer Rebellion (1889-1901); North China Incident

Northern Wei dynasty (of China; 386-535)

North Sea oil fields

Tohoku Gakuin University

Hokkaido dialect

Arctic Ocean

northern boundary

North Korea

Arctic region; the Arctic; north polar region

Northern Zhou dynasty (of China; 557-581); Northern Chou dynasty

Kitano Station

person from Hokkaido; Hokkaido native

Hokkaido Prefectural Police

north central region

going north; heading northward

Tropic of Cancer

Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea

Tohoku Institute of Technology

southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)

Hokkai Gakuen University

constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering

United States of America

Arctic expedition

North Pacific Bank

due north

Northwest University

Hokusei Gakuen University

Republic of North Macedonia

Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province

bombing North (Vietnam)

North-South problem

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

northern half

north-northwest

northerner

Kitami Institute of Technology

Hokkaido Social Welfare Association

sailing north

Northern Cyprus (de facto state)

Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency

Arctic oscillation

Hokuriku University

North Korean person

northern-sea fisheries

north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles

Hokkaido dialect

North Equatorial Current

northeasterly wind

flowing north (e.g. of a river)

Hokkaido Prefectural Office

Northern Territories Issue Association

North Atlantic Treaty

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

Beiyang Army

Hokkaido Information University

compass north

Arctic Ocean

Beijing cuisine

Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog

legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State

Kitahama Station (Osaka)

Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art; KMMA

northern lights

Northern Territories Affairs Administration

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

north-northeast; north-north-east

northern lights; aurora borealis

Tohoku University of Art & Design

Kitanagoya City

Convention of Peking (1860)

North Korea

Nordic race

along the north coast; along the northern sea shore

Northwest Passage (sea route along the north coast of Canada)

Beijing Normal University

Arctic air mass

Scandinavian design

Peking wok; Beijing-style wok; wok with single long handle

North Ossetia (Russia); North Ossetia-Alania

Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province

Palearctic (region); Palaearctic

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

northern route

great authority; eminent person; luminary; (lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper

Nordic Council

Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Beijing resident; Beijinger

era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi

above; north of

Northern Qi dynasty (of China; 550-577); Northern Ch'i dynasty

Kitagawachi Station

Kitano Construction Corporation

sending to North Korea; sending north

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; JAIST

Hebei University of Technology

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937)

Kitagata Station

Hokkaido College, Senshu University

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

north magnetic pole

Hokusho University

Tōhoku University Research Institute of Electrical Communication; RIEC

Battle of Hokuetsu (1868)

Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties period (China, 220-589 CE)

route skirting the Tian Shan Mountains to the north; region north of the Tian Shan Mountains

Tohoku Bunkyo College

Northeast Normal University

Kaihō school (of Japanese painting)

Northern California

Chungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province

magnetic north

North Pacific

Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)

north player

northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)

Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp

to go north

lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)

Hokkaido University (abbr)

Northern Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north); northern barbarians

above; north of

above; north of

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Greenland right whale

red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Tōhoku University (abbr)

attacking in all directions

cold wind from the northern uplands

facing the north

American Indian; native American

era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)

Nearctic (region)

Holarctic (region)

Arctic Circle (latitude)

British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)

Northeast Passage (sea route along the north coast of Russia)

Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)

northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife)

northern pavilion of a house; mother

the Big Dipper seen on a winter night

Boreoeutheria (clade of placental mammals); Boreotheria; boreoeutherians

Northern Cross (asterism)

north round

pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese as spoken during the Qing dynasty

North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone

true north; geodetic north

Kyoto

Northern Chinese; Mandarin

Stockholm school

North Africa

Hebei Normal University

Hebei University

Kyoto Hokuto Shinkin Bank

Hubei University

Shouhoku Junior College

Northwestern Polytechnical University; NPU

Northwest Normal University

Tōhoku English Literary Society

Koeki University; Tohoku University of Community Service and Science

Tohoku Women's College

Tōhoku Reform School

Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka College

Institute of Fluid Science Tōhoku University; IFS

Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering; NEIEP

Northeast Agricultural University; NEAU

Hokkaido Municipal Horse Race Association

Hokkaido Sociological Association; HSA

Hokkaido Association for Urban Studies

Hokkaido Tokai University

Hokkaido-Tōhoku Development Finance Public Corporation

Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

University of Science and Technology Beijing; USTB

Beijing University of Technology

China Agricultural University; CAU

Kitakyushu University

Hokusei Gakuen Junior College

Life Funds for North Korean Refugees

Society for Neuroscience

Northern Jiaotong University

North China University of Technology

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; JAIST

Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University

Hokkaido Bunkyo University

Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation

Hokkaido University of Science

Hokkai School of Commerce

Hokuriku Gakuin University

Nordic Council

Beihu Station

Beitou Station

Beipiao City

Beipiao City

Beitun City (Xinjiang)

Beitun City (Xinjiang)

Naruko Kita Station

Baiyundadaobei Station

Beimen Station (Taipei Metro)

Beipu Station

Beiyuan Station

Jiabei Station

Kitakanegasawa Station

Kitago Station

Kitakawachi Dam

Kitaura Station

Taipei Arena Station

Beida Jie Station

Beishatan Station

Beishaowa Station

Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus)

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida); polar cod

Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana); North American opossum; tlacuache

northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea)

northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)

arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)

Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum)