越

Vocabulary (12)

• 越え

  ごえ

  (crossing) over ...

• 宵越し

  よいごし

  (kept) overnight

• 磐越西線

  ばんえつさいせん

  Ban'etsu West Line

• 北越戦争

  ほくえつせんそう

  Battle of Hokuetsu (1868)

• 中越地震

  ちゅうえつじしん

  Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)

• 新潟県中越地震

  にいがたけんちゅうえつじしん

  Chūetsu earthquake (Niigata prefecture, 2004)

• 越後

  えちご

  Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

• 越前

  えちぜん

  Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

• 越州

  えっしゅう

  Esshū (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

• 越中

  えっちゅう

  Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

• 越天楽

  えてんらく

  Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)

• 上越新幹線

  じょうえつしんかんせん

  Jōetsu Shinkansen