[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)