奥羽

奥(おう) (Ō, Clipping of 陸奥) + 羽(う) (U, Clipping of 出羽)

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɯ̟]

奥(おう)羽(う) • (Ōu) 

1. (history) the combined area of two former provinces of northernmost Japan:

   i.e. the Mutsu Province and the Dewa Province.

   奥(おう)羽(う)越(えつ)列(れっ)藩(ぱん)同(どう)盟(めい)

   Ōu etsu reppan dōmei

   Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

2. Tōhoku (a traditional region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata and Akita)

   Synonym: 奥羽地方 (Ōu chihō, “Tōhoku region”)

   奥(おう)羽(う)山(さん)脈(みゃく)

   Ōu sanmyaku

   the Ōu Mountains

   奥(おう)羽(う)本(ほん)線(せん)

   Ōu honsen

   the Ōu Main Line

   奥(おう)羽(う)新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん)

   Ōu shinkansen

   the Ōu shinkansen (plan)

• 奥(おう)羽(う)越(えつ) (Ōuetsu)
• 奥(おう)羽(う)地(ち)方(ほう) (Ōu chihō, “Tōhoku region”)
• 奥(おう)羽(う)山(さん)脈(みゃく) (Ōu sanmyaku, “Ōu Mountains”)
• 奥(おう)羽(う)方(ほう)言(げん) (Ōu hōgen, “Tōhoku dialect”)
• 奥(おう)羽(う)本(ほん)線(せん) (Ōu honsen, “Ōu Main Line”)