| 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] |
| 九工大 | [きゅうこうだい, kyuukoudai] (n) Kyushu Institute of Technology; KIT [Add to Longdo] |
| 九州へ下る | [きゅうしゅうへくだる, kyuushuuhekudaru] (v5r) to go down to Kyushu [Add to Longdo] |
| 九州場所 | [きゅうしゅうばしょ, kyuushuubasho] (n) Kyushu (November) sumo tournament, held in Fukuoka [Add to Longdo] |
| 九州地方 | [きゅうしゅうちほう, kyuushuuchihou] (n) Kyushu region (incl. Southwestern Islands) [Add to Longdo] |
| 九州弁 | [きゅうしゅうべん, kyuushuuben] (n) Kyushu dialect [Add to Longdo] |
| 熊襲;熊曾 | [くまそ, kumaso] (n) Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 熊本県 | [くまもとけん, kumamotoken] (n) Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 佐賀県 | [さがけん, sagaken] (n) Saga prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鹿児島県 | [かごしまけん, kagoshimaken] (n) Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大宰府 | [だざいふ, dazaifu] (n) (See 律令制) dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大分県 | [おおいたけん, ooitaken] (n) Oita prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 長崎県 | [ながさきけん, nagasakiken] (n) Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 南西諸島 | [なんせいしょとう, nanseishotou] (n) Nansei-shoto (southwestern islands off Kyushu and in the Okinawan archipelago) [Add to Longdo] |
| 白砂 | [はくしゃ;はくさ;しらすな, hakusha ; hakusa ; shirasuna] (n) (uk) shirasu (white pumiceous soil of southern Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 肥筑方言 | [ひちくほうげん, hichikuhougen] (n) Japanese dialect from Kyushu [Add to Longdo] |
| 福岡県 | [ふくおかけん, fukuokaken] (n) Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 防人 | [さきもり;ぼうじん, sakimori ; boujin] (n) (1) soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; (2) (ぼうじん only) Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the T'ang dynasty [Add to Longdo] |
| 野狐 | [のぎつね;やこ, nogitsune ; yako] (n) (1) wild fox; (2) (やこ only) (arch) fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession [Add to Longdo] |
