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] |
北九州 | [きたきゅうしゅう, kitakyuushuu] (n) Kitakyushu (city) #3,127 [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] |
西国 | [さいごく;さいこく, saigoku ; saikoku] (n) (1) (abbr) the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); (2) western nations (esp. India or Europe); (3) (See 西国三十三所) 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara; (4) (See 西国巡礼) a pilgrimage of these temples #15,543 [Add to Longdo] |
内地 | [ないち, naichi] (n) (1) (sens) within the borders of a country; domestic soil; (2) inland area; (3) (during the WWII era) Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland; (4) (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu) #16,236 [Add to Longdo] |
イッシー | [isshi-] (n) Isshi (lake monster said to be living in Kyushu's Lake Ikeda) [Add to Longdo] |
カゼトゲタナゴ | [kazetogetanago] (n) Rhodeus atremius atremius (subspecies of Kyushu bitterling) [Add to Longdo] |
ニホンヤモリザメ | [nihonyamorizame] (n) broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis, found in China, Japan, and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge) [Add to Longdo] |
関門海峡 | [かんもんかいきょう, kanmonkaikyou] (n) Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
宮崎県 | [みやざきけん, miyazakiken] (n) Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |