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越後 えちご

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

越後兎 えちごうさぎ

  1. Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

越後屋 えちごや

  1. Echigoya
  2. Echigoya (nefarious businessman; stock character in period dramas)

越後獅子 えちごじし

  1. street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head
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