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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Guangdong Province (China), Canton, Kwangtung; Vietnam
to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past; to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)
to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter)
across, over, beyond, through, crossing; throughout (a period of time), for
mistake, error, fault, slip, blunder, omission, oversight, lapse
crossing a border (illegally), border violation, border transgression
passing the winter, hibernation
seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation; playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
going beyond authority, unauthorized, unauthorised, ultra vires
extract (of plants, meat, etc.), essence, concentrate, concentrated stock
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
- 越中褌えっちゅうふんどし
string loincloth, G-string
- 越天楽えてんらく
Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)
- 越流えつりゅう
overflow
- 越屋根こしやね
roof monitor, monitor roof, lantern (roof)
- 越南えつなん
Vietnam
- 越冬資金えっとうしきん
winter bonus
- 越僑えっきょう
overseas Vietnamese
- 越波えっぱ
wave overtopping
- 越南語えつなんご
Vietnamese (language)
- 越語えつご
Vietnamese (language)
- 越冬隊えっとうたい
wintering party (team)
- 越権代理えっけんだいり
unauthorized proxy, unauthorized representation
- 越年生植物えつねんせいしょくぶつ
winter annual, biennial, biennial plant
- 越光こしひかり
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 越年草えつねんそう
winter annual, biennial, biennial plant
- 越前水母えちぜんくらげ
Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
- 越冬地えっとうち
wintering spot (e.g. of a migrating bird)
- 越年蝶おつねんちょう
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
- 越後兎えちごうさぎ
Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)
- 越虫貝えっちゅうばい
finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 越中えっちゅう
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
- 越州えっしゅう
Esshū (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
- 越権行為えっけんこうい
exceeding one's authority, abusing one's legal authority, ultra vires activities
- 越訴えっそ
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
- 越前えちぜん
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
- 越境入学えっきょうにゅうがく
gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own
- 越後獅子えちごじし
street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head
- 越国こしのくに
Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)