[どう, dou] (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) #201
[ほっかいどう, hokkaidou] (n) Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan); (P) #557
[えぞ;えみし(ok), ezo ; emishi (ok)] (n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) (えぞ only) (See 蝦夷地) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) #11941
[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) #16236
[アイヌけん, ainu ken] (n) (See 北海道犬) Hokkaido dog; dog breed native to Hokkaido
[kusshi-] (n) Kusshi (lake monster said to be living in Hokkaido's Lake Kussharo)
[ソーランぶし, so-ran bushi] (n) traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations
[いとう, itou] (n) Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)
[えぞももんが;エゾモモンガ, ezomomonga ; ezomomonga] (n) (uk) Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
[えぞりす;エゾリス, ezorisu ; ezorisu] (n) (uk) Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
[えぞくろてん;エゾクロテン, ezokuroten ; ezokuroten] (n) (uk) Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
[えぞしか;エゾシカ, ezoshika ; ezoshika] (n) (uk) Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
[えぞしまりす, ezoshimarisu] (n) (uk) Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)
[えぞち, ezochi] (n) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
[えぞおおかみ;えゾオオカミ, ezoookami ; e zoookami] (n) (uk) Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)
[えぞひぐま;エゾヒグマ, ezohiguma ; ezohiguma] (n) (uk) Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
[さんぺいじる, sanpeijiru] (n) (See 糠漬け・ぬかづけ) soup with rice bran pickled or salted vegetables (e.g. carrots, daikon or potatoes) and fish (e.g. salmon, gadid or Arabesque greenling) boiled in a salty broth (sake lees is sometimes added) (Hokkaido local specialty dish)
[ぜんどう, zendou] (n) all Hokkaido
[おおばみぞほおずき, oobamizohoozuki] (n) plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)
[ふゆトピア, fuyu topia] (n) (uk) Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)
[とうやこサミット, touyako samitto] (n) G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit; Hokkaido Toyako G8 summit
[どうおう, douou] (n) central Hokkaido
[どうぎかい, dougikai] (n) Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
[どうけい, doukei] (n) Hokkaido Prefectural Police
[どさんこ, dosanko] (n) (1) horse native to Hokkaido; (2) person born and raised in Hokkaido; (3) (道産子 only) sumo wrestler of Hokkaidan ancestry
[どうない, dounai] (n) within Hokkaido
[どうみん, doumin] (n) people of Hokkaido
[ほっかいどうかいはつちょうちょうかん, hokkaidoukaihatsuchouchoukan] (n) Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency; (P)
[ほっかいどうけん;ほっかいどういぬ, hokkaidouken ; hokkaidouinu] (n) (See アイヌ犬) Hokkaido dog; dog breed native to Hokkaido
[ゆうばりメロン, yuubari meron] (n) (See カンタロープ) Yuubari melon (sweet orange melon grown in Yuubari City, Hokkaido)
[にしんぐもり, nishingumori] (n) cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)