el nino southern oscillation | (n) a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns |
southern | (adj) in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line, Ant. northern |
southern | (adj) situated in or coming from regions of the south, Ant. northern |
southern aster | (n) a variety of aster |
southern baptist | (n) a member of the Southern Baptist Convention |
southern baptist convention | (n) an association of Southern Baptists |
southern beech | (n) any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves, Syn. evergreen beech |
southern blue flag | (n) similar to blue flag; the eastern United States, Syn. Iris virginica |
southern bog lemming | (n) of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada, Syn. Synaptomys cooperi |
southern buckthorn | (n) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit, Syn. shittimwood, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides, shittim |
southern cabbage butterfly | (n) common North American form of cabbage butterfly, Syn. Pieris protodice |
southern crab apple | (n) small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms, Syn. flowering crab, Malus angustifolia |
southern cross | (n) a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus, Syn. Crux Australis, Crux |
southern dewberry | (n) of southern North America, Syn. Rubus trivialis |
southerner | (n) an American who lives in the South |
southern flounder | (n) flounder of southern United States, Syn. Paralichthys lethostigmus |
southern flying squirrel | (n) small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States, Syn. Glaucomys volans |
southern harebell | (n) bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers, Syn. Campanula divaricata |
southern hemisphere | (n) the hemisphere to the south of the equator |
southernism | (n) a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States |
southernism | (n) an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US) |
southern live oak | (n) medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding, Syn. Quercus virginiana |
southern magnolia | (n) evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers, Syn. Magnolia grandiflora, evergreen magnolia, bull bay, large-flowering magnolia |
southernmost | (adj) situated farthest south, Syn. southmost |
southernness | (n) the property of being to the south, Ant. northernness |
southern red cedar | (n) juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar, Syn. Juniperus silicicola |
southern red oak | (n) large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward, Syn. swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata |
southern spadefoot | (n) this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States, Syn. Scaphiopus multiplicatus |
southern spatterdock | (n) of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams, Syn. Nuphar sagittifolium |
southern tai | (n) a branch of the Tai languages |
southern white cedar | (n) slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae, Syn. white cedar, white cypress, coast white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Atlantic white cedar |
southernwood | (n) shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer, Syn. Artemisia abrotanum |
arrow wood | (n) deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows, Syn. Viburnum dentatum, southern arrow wood |
aurora australis | (n) the aurora of the southern hemisphere, Syn. southern lights |
bald cypress | (n) common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms, Syn. swamp cypress, southern cypress, pond bald cypress, Taxodium distichum |
broad beech fern | (n) beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes, Syn. Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera, southern beech fern |
common maidenhair | (n) delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan, Syn. southern maidenhair, Venus maidenhair, Venushair, Venus'-hair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris |
longleaf pine | (n) large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree, Syn. Pinus palustris, Georgia pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine |
scup | (n) porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America, Syn. southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus |
southerly | (adj) situated in or oriented toward the south, Syn. southern |
southerly | (adj) from the south; used especially of wind, Syn. southern |
triangulum australe | (n) a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus, Syn. Southern Triangle |
zimbabwe | (n) a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980, Syn. Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Republic of Zimbabwe |
陈 | [Chén, ㄔㄣˊ, 陈 / 陳] surname Chen; Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) #2,023 [Add to Longdo] |
南方 | [nán fāng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤ, 南 方] south; the southern part of the country; the South #3,443 [Add to Longdo] |
凉 | [liáng, ㄌㄧㄤˊ, 凉 / 涼] cool; cold; the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely Former Liang 前涼 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼 (400-421) #3,664 [Add to Longdo] |
吴 | [Wú, ㄨˊ, 吴 / 吳] surname Wu; province of Jiangsu; name of Southern China states at different historical periods #3,873 [Add to Longdo] |
南部 | [nán bù, ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ, 南 部] southern part #4,355 [Add to Longdo] |
燕 | [Yān, ㄧㄢ, 燕] Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan #4,554 [Add to Longdo] |
宋 | [Sòng, ㄙㄨㄥˋ, 宋] surname Song; the Song dynasty (960-1279); also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) #4,603 [Add to Longdo] |
海南 | [Hǎi nán, ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄢˊ, 海 南] Hainan province, an island off southern China, abbr. 瓊|琼, capital Haikou 海口 #4,746 [Add to Longdo] |
中原 | [zhōng yuán, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ, 中 原] the central plains of China; the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei; a plain #6,347 [Add to Longdo] |
华南 | [Huá nán, ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄋㄢˊ, 华 南 / 華 南] Southern China #12,364 [Add to Longdo] |
海南省 | [Hǎi nán shěng, ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄥˇ, 海 南 省] Hainan province, an island off southern China, abbr. 瓊|琼, capital Haikou 海口 #13,926 [Add to Longdo] |
高雄 | [Gāo xióng, ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, 高 雄] Kaohsiung (city in southern Taiwan) #17,043 [Add to Longdo] |
闽南 | [Mǐn nán, ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ, 闽 南 / 閩 南] Minnan, lit. south Fujian; a southern Chinese dialect of Fujian and east Guangdong #17,513 [Add to Longdo] |
南亚 | [nán Yà, ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄚˋ, 南 亚 / 南 亞] southern Asia #18,138 [Add to Longdo] |
南宋 | [Nán sòng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ, 南 宋] the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) #19,349 [Add to Longdo] |
周瑜 | [Zhōu Yú, ㄓㄡ ㄩˊ, 周 瑜] Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redwall; in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang #19,755 [Add to Longdo] |
九州 | [Jiǔ zhōu, ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ, 九 州] division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands #21,810 [Add to Longdo] |
宋朝 | [Sòng cháo, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄠˊ, 宋 朝] Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) #22,319 [Add to Longdo] |
孙权 | [Sūn Quán, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄑㄩㄢˊ, 孙 权 / 孫 權] Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period #25,189 [Add to Longdo] |
东吴 | [Dōng Wú, ㄉㄨㄥ ㄨˊ, 东 吴 / 東 吳] Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 #25,550 [Add to Longdo] |
南边 | [nán bian, ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢ˙, 南 边 / 南 邊] south; south side; southern part; to the south of #27,093 [Add to Longdo] |
吴国 | [Wú guó, ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, 吴 国 / 吳 國] Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods); Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms #28,941 [Add to Longdo] |
南北朝 | [Nán běi cháo, ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ, 南 北 朝] Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) #33,609 [Add to Longdo] |
六朝 | [liù cháo, ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄠˊ, 六 朝] the six southern dynasties (317-589), namely Wu 吳|吴, Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋, Song 宋|宋, Qi 齊|齐, Liang 梁, Chen 陳|陈 #34,710 [Add to Longdo] |
南朝 | [nán cháo, ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄠˊ, 南 朝] southern dynasty; the six southern dynasties (317-589), namely Wu 吳|吴, Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋, Song 宋|宋, Qi 齊|齐, Liang 梁, Chen 陳|陈; common term for Southern Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties of 5th and 6th century #36,632 [Add to Longdo] |
衡山 | [Héng shān, ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄢ, 衡 山] Mt Heng in Hunan, southern of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 #36,978 [Add to Longdo] |
建康 | [Jiàn kāng, ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄤ, 建 康] old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties #38,043 [Add to Longdo] |
刘裕 | [Liú yù, ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩˋ, 刘 裕 / 劉 裕] Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wudi of Song 宋武帝 #39,695 [Add to Longdo] |
谢赫 | [Xiè Hè, ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄜˋ, 谢 赫 / 謝 赫] Xie He (479-502), portrait painter from Qi of Southern dynasties 南齊 #40,265 [Add to Longdo] |
陆游 | [Lù Yóu, ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ, 陆 游 / 陸 遊] Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poet #40,855 [Add to Longdo] |
孙坚 | [Sūn Jiān, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄢ, 孙 坚 / 孫 堅] Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms #43,396 [Add to Longdo] |
塔里木 | [Tǎ lǐ mù, ㄊㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄨˋ, 塔 里 木] the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang #43,851 [Add to Longdo] |
南唐 | [Nán Táng, ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ, 南 唐] Southern Tang #45,323 [Add to Longdo] |
蛮子 | [mán zi, ㄇㄢˊ ㄗ˙, 蛮 子 / 蠻 子] insulting term for south Chinese; southern barbarian; chap #45,350 [Add to Longdo] |
闽南语 | [Mǐn nán yǔ, ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇ, 闽 南 语 / 閩 南 語] Minnan, lit. south Fujianese dialect; southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong #45,580 [Add to Longdo] |
南半球 | [Nán bàn qiú, ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ, 南 半 球] Southern hemisphere #46,051 [Add to Longdo] |
李清照 | [Lǐ Qīng zhào, ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄠˋ, 李 清 照] Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet #46,456 [Add to Longdo] |
唐伯虎 | [Táng Bó hǔ, ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄏㄨˇ, 唐 伯 虎] Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 #47,291 [Add to Longdo] |
塔里木盆地 | [Tǎ lǐ mù pén dì, ㄊㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ, 塔 里 木 盆 地] Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang #48,511 [Add to Longdo] |
南麓 | [nán lù, ㄋㄢˊ ㄌㄨˋ, 南 麓] the southern foothills (of a mountain) #52,649 [Add to Longdo] |
南拳 | [nán quán, ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ, 南 拳] Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) #52,845 [Add to Longdo] |
李煜 | [Lǐ Yù, ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˋ, 李 煜] Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet #55,362 [Add to Longdo] |
吕蒙 | [Lǚ Méng, ㄌㄩˇ ㄇㄥˊ, 吕 蒙 / 呂 矇] Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu #56,448 [Add to Longdo] |
云贵高原 | [Yún Guì gāo yuán, ㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄠ ㄩㄢˊ, 云 贵 高 原 / 雲 貴 高 原] Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan #57,948 [Add to Longdo] |
坎大哈 | [Kǎn dà hā, ㄎㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄚ, 坎 大 哈] Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan) #58,109 [Add to Longdo] |
赤壁之战 | [Chì bì zhī zhàn, ㄔˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ ㄓㄢˋ, 赤 壁 之 战 / 赤 壁 之 戰] Battle of Redwall of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu; famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 #59,647 [Add to Longdo] |
女书 | [nǚ shū, ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄨ, 女 书 / 女 書] Nü Shu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao nationality 瑶族 瑤族 dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县 in southern Hunan #61,889 [Add to Longdo] |
南齐 | [Nán Qí, ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ, 南 齐 / 南 齊] Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502) #62,592 [Add to Longdo] |
南欧 | [Nán Ōu, ㄋㄢˊ ㄡ, 南 欧 / 南 歐] Southern Europe #63,365 [Add to Longdo] |
范晔 | [Fàn Yè, ㄈㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ, 范 晔 / 範 曄] historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书 #64,709 [Add to Longdo] |
九州 | [きゅうしゅう, kyuushuu] (n) Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan); (P) #1,257 [Add to Longdo] |
南部 | [なんぶ, nanbu] (n) southern part; the south (of a region); (P) #1,636 [Add to Longdo] |
南海 | [なんかい, nankai] (n) southern sea; (P) #3,993 [Add to Longdo] |
南緯 | [なんい, nan'i] (n) southern latitude; (P) #5,126 [Add to Longdo] |
南方 | [なんぽう, nanpou] (n, adj-no) south; southern; southward; (P) #6,401 [Add to Longdo] |
南朝 | [なんちょう, nanchou] (n) Southern Dynasty #6,820 [Add to Longdo] |
文中 | [ぶんちゅう, bunchuu] (exp) (1) in the document; (n) (2) Bunchuu era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27); (P) #8,723 [Add to Longdo] |
どん | [don] (pref) (1) very; totally; (2) (See 殿・どの) polite suffix used after a person's name (often of an apprentice; used much more broadly in southern Kyushu); (n, adv-to) (3) bang (e.g. of large drum, signal pistol, etc.); with a thud; sound when slamming something down #10,248 [Add to Longdo] |
南端 | [なんたん, nantan] (n) southern tip #13,780 [Add to Longdo] |
南国 | [なんこく(P);なんごく, nankoku (P); nangoku] (n) southern countries; (P) #14,297 [Add to Longdo] |
正平 | [しょうへい, shouhei] (n) Shouhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24) #14,365 [Add to Longdo] |
南山 | [なんざん, nanzan] (n) southern mountain #16,237 [Add to Longdo] |
朱雀 | [すざく;すじゃく;しゅじゃく, suzaku ; sujaku ; shujaku] (n) (1) (See 四神) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); (2) (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens #17,197 [Add to Longdo] |
みなみじゅうじ座;南十字座 | [みなみじゅうじざ, minamijuujiza] (n) Southern Cross [Add to Longdo] |
アメリカ鼯鼠 | [アメリカももんが;アメリカモモンガ, amerika momonga ; amerikamomonga] (n) (uk) southern flying squirrel (Graucomys volans) [Add to Longdo] |
イソハゼ | [isohaze] (n) Eviota abax (species of pygmy goby ranging from Southern Japan to Hainan Is.) [Add to Longdo] |
オーストラリアンスウェルシャーク | [o-sutorariansuuerusha-ku] (n) Australian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps, species of catshark which inhabits the continental shelf of southern Australia) [Add to Longdo] |
ガラパゴスリングテールダムセルフィッシュ | [garapagosuringute-rudamuserufisshu] (n) Southern whitetail major (Stegastes beebei); Galapagos ringtail damselfish [Add to Longdo] |
コイサン | [koisan] (n) Khoisan (Khoikhoi and San peoples of Southern Africa) [Add to Longdo] |
サザンクロス | [sazankurosu] (n) Southern Cross; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
サザンソウル | [sazansouru] (n) southern soul [Add to Longdo] |
サザンビーフ | [sazanbi-fu] (n) "southern" beef (i.e. produced in Australia) [Add to Longdo] |
サザンロック | [sazanrokku] (n) Southern rock [Add to Longdo] |
スカラップ・ボンネットヘッド;スカラップボンネットヘッド | [sukarappu . bonnettoheddo ; sukarappubonnettoheddo] (n) scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru) [Add to Longdo] |
ティラピア・モザンビカ | [teirapia . mozanbika] (n) (See モザンビークティラピア) Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) [Add to Longdo] |
デアンドル | [deandoru] (n) dirndl (traditional women's clothing of Southern Germany and Austria) [Add to Longdo] |
トンパ文字 | [トンパもじ, tonpa moji] (n) Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China) (also Tomba, Tompa) [Add to Longdo] |
ニュージーランドホシザメ | [nyu-ji-randohoshizame] (n) spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus, species of houndshark found around southern Australia and New Zealand) [Add to Longdo] |
ノドジロオオトカゲ | [nodojiroootokage] (n) rock monitor (Varanus albigularis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in southern Africa); legavaan; white-throated monitor [Add to Longdo] |
ヒャクメオオトカゲ | [hyakumeootokage] (n) Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea); yellow-spotted monitor [Add to Longdo] |
プラティ | [puratei] (n) common platy (Xiphophorus maculatus); southern platyfish; moonfish [Add to Longdo] |
ポートジャクソンネコザメ | [po-tojakusonnekozame] (n) Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni, found in southern Australia and New Zealand) [Add to Longdo] |
ムステルス・アンタルクティクス;ムステルスアンタルクティクス | [musuterusu . antarukuteikusu ; musuterusuantarukuteikusu] (n) gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus, species endemic to southern Australia) [Add to Longdo] |
モザンビークティラピア;モザンビークテラピア | [mozanbi-kuteirapia ; mozanbi-kuterapia] (n) Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) [Add to Longdo] |
モンロビアンドクターフィッシュ | [monrobiandokuta-fisshu] (n) Monrovia doctorfish (Acanthurus monroviae, species of Eastern Atlantic tang found from southern Morocco to Angola) [Add to Longdo] |
ラブカ属 | [ラブカぞく, rabuka zoku] (n) Chlamydoselachus (genus containing only the frilled shark and the Southern African frilled shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae) [Add to Longdo] |
右近の橘 | [うこんのたちばな, ukonnotachibana] (n) (See 紫宸殿, 左近の桜) tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace) [Add to Longdo] |
延元 | [えんげん, engen] (n) Engen era (of the Southern Court) (1336.2.29-1340.4.28) [Add to Longdo] |
応天門 | [おうてんもん;おうでんもん, outenmon ; oudenmon] (n) (See 朝堂院・ちょうどういん) main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound [Add to Longdo] |
吉野時代 | [よしのじだい, yoshinojidai] (n) (obsc) (See 南北朝時代) Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
吉野朝時代 | [よしのちょうじだい, yoshinochoujidai] (n) (obsc) (See 南北朝時代) Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
興国 | [こうこく, koukoku] (n, vs) (1) making a country prosperous; prosperous country; (2) Koukoku era (of the Southern Court) (1340.4.28-1346.12.8) [Add to Longdo] |
極光 | [きょっこう;きょくこう, kyokkou ; kyokukou] (n) northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis [Add to Longdo] |
熊襲;熊曾 | [くまそ, kumaso] (n) Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
建徳 | [けんとく, kentoku] (n) Kentoku era (of the Southern Court) (1370.7.24-1372.4.?) [Add to Longdo] |
元中 | [げんちゅう, genchuu] (n) Genchuu era (of the Southern Court) (1384.4.28-1392.10.5) [Add to Longdo] |
五大洋 | [ごたいよう;ごだいよう(ik), gotaiyou ; godaiyou (ik)] (n) the Five Oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic) [Add to Longdo] |
弘和 | [こうわ, kouwa] (n) Kouwa era (of the Southern Court) (1381.2.10-1384.4.28) [Add to Longdo] |
左近の桜 | [さこんのさくら, sakonnosakura] (n) (See 右近の橘, 紫宸殿) cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace) [Add to Longdo] |
最南 | [さいなん, sainan] (n, adj-no) southernmost [Add to Longdo] |