(n)a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)
[さいごく;さいこく, saigoku ; saikoku](n) (1) (abbr) the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); (2) western nations (esp. India or Europe); (3) (See 西国三十三所) 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara; (4) (See 西国巡礼) a pilgrimage of these temples#15543[Add to Longdo]
[すなやつめ;スナヤツメ, sunayatsume ; sunayatsume](n) (uk) Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)[Add to Longdo]