| 葛飾北斎 | かつしかほくさい
| famous Edo period wood block artist and painter
(1760-1849) |
| 以北 | いほく | (n,n-suf) north of/and northward/ |
| 河北 | かほく
| north of the (Yellow) river/ |
| 華北 | かほく
| (n) North China/ |
| 極北 | きょくほく
| (n) extreme north/north pole/ |
| 最北端 | さいほくたん | (n) northernmost tip (of country)/ |
| 真北 | まきた
| (n) due north/ |
| 正北 | せいほく
| due north/ |
| 西北 | せいほく
| (n) north-west/ |
| 西北西 | せいほくせい | (n) west-northwest/ |
| 台北 | たいぺい
| Taipei/ |
| 台北 | たいほく
| Taipei/ |
| 東西南北 | とうざいなんぼく
| east, west, south and north/ |
| 東北 | とうほく
| (n) (1) north-east/(2) Northern most six
prefectures of Honshu/(P)/ |
| 東北 | ひがしきた | (n) (1) north-east/ |
| 東北人 | とうほくじん | Northeastener/ |
| 東北大 | とうほくだい
| (abbr) Touhoku University/ |
| 東北東 | とうほくとう | (n) east-northeast/ENE/ |
| 南征北伐 | なんせいほくばつ
| attacking in all directions/ |
| 南船北馬 | なんせんほくば
| (n) constant travelling/being on the
move/restless wandering/ |
| 南北 | なんぼく | (n) south and north/(P)/ |
| 南北戦争 | なんぼくせんそう
| (U.S.) Civil War/ |
| 南北朝 | なんぼくちょう | Northern and Southern Dynasties
(1336-1392)/ |
| 南北朝時代 | なんぼくちょうじだい
| (n) period of the northern and southern
dynasties (in China, 5th-6th c. C.E. in Japan, 1336-92)/ |
| 南北問題 | なんぼくもんだい
| North-South problem/ |
| 敗北 | はいぼく
| (n,vs) defeat (as a verb it means 'to be
defeated')/(P)/ |
| 敗北感 | はいぼくかん
| sense of defeat/ |
| 敗北主義 | はいぼくしゅぎ
| (n) defeatism/ |
| 羅北 | らほく
| compass north/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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