Meanings
Noun
1. Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
2. Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
when read as "えぞ"
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
Pitch accent
Top 41800
Used in vocabulary (23 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
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)