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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)

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

north side; north bank

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

northwest

northeast

going north

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

sense of defeat

North Pole; the Arctic

east, west, south and north

North Korea

north wind; northerly wind

northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife

Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia

northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland

Beijing (China); Peking

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

north gate

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

northern hill

northern extremity

north-west

loser; the defeated

northwestern part; the northwest

North America

northeastern part; the northeast

north entrance; north exit

Norse mythology

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

northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

Kitakyushu (city)

north coast; north bank

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

north latitude

extreme north; North Pole

northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

northernmost

American Civil War (1861-1865)

northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)

north-northwest

North-Star

North America

Taipei (Taiwan)

facing north; northern exposure

north of; and northward

northern hemisphere

northern extremity

Arctic Ocean

Peking duck

north face; north side; the north; facing north

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

north-northeast; north-north-east

due north

proceeding north

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

North China

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

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

Arctic Circle; the Arctic

northern cliff

east-northeast; ENE

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

northerly (wind); from the north

west-northwest

defeatist

Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese

Hubei Province (China)

north of the capital; northern part of Kyoto

North American continent

northern sky

North China

northern waters

northern limit

northern route

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

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; NATO

north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa

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

North Pacific

defeatism

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

Northern Europe

North Pole

Northern Ireland

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

Northern Territories dispute; Kuril Islands dispute

Hebei Province (China)

northern region; the north

person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite

Northern Song dynasty (China, 960-1127)

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

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

North Manchuria

northern suburbs

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

Mt. Hiei; Enryaku-ji

Northeast Asia

Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect

cargo ships that sailed the Japan Sea during the Edo period

Boxer Rebellion (1889-1901); North China Incident

Northern European (person); Nordic person; Scandinavian

Northern Wei dynasty (of China; 386-535)

North Atlantic

Hokkaido dialect

Peking man (Homo erectus pekinensis)

Arctic Ocean

northern boundary

Arctic region; north polar region

person who has fled from North Korea; North Korean defector

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

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

Tropic of Cancer

Arctic expedition

North Korea

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

due north

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

north central region

Beijing Olympics (2008)

United States of America

bombing North (Vietnam)

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

northerner

Nordic countries; Scandinavian countries

north-northwest

sailing north

fleeing from North Korea

northern half

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

northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)

North Equatorial Current

going north; heading northward

flowing north (e.g. of a river)

to lose; to be defeated

Beiyang Army

Hokkaido dialect

North-South problem

southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)

northerly wind

northeasterly wind

Hokkaido dog; dog breed native to Hokkaido

Arctic Ocean

Beijing cuisine

northern-sea fisheries

northern lights

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

Convention of Peking (1860)

North Sea oil fields

along the north coast; along the northern sea shore

Nordic race

north-northeast; north-north-east

Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

North Korea

Kitanagoya City

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

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

Palearctic (region); Palaearctic

Great Northern War (1700-1721)

northern route

North Korean person

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

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Scandinavian design

Arctic air mass

compass north

North Macedonia

Kitano Station

northern lights; aurora borealis

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937)

sending to North Korea; sending north

north magnetic pole

magnetic north

Chungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province

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

Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency

Northern California

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

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

Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)

North Pacific

Northern Di people; northern barbarians; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north

north player

Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Kitanagoya City

to go north

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

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

North Atlantic Treaty

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)

Arctic oscillation

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)

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

Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese (as spoken during the Qing dynasty)

North Pacific high; North Pacific anticyclone

Northern Cyprus (de facto state)

true north; geodetic north

Republic of North Macedonia

Beihu Station

Beitou Station

Beipiao City

Beipiao City

Beitun City (Xinjiang)

Beitun City (Xinjiang)

Naruko Kita Station

Kitahama Station (Osaka)

Kitagata Station

Baiyundadaobei Station

Beimen Station (Taipei Metro)

Beipu Station

Beiyuan Station

Jiabei Station

Kitakanegasawa Station

Kitagawachi Station

Kitago Station

Kitakawachi Dam

Kitaura Station

Taipei Arena Station

Beida Jie Station

Beishatan Station

Beishaowa Station

northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Greenland right whale

Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus)

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)

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)