蝦え夷ぞ
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
2. Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
when read as "えぞ"
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
Pitch accent
え
ぞ
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce