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noun
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Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
See also:七福神
Other readings:
恵比寿【ゑびす】
、恵比須【えびす】
、恵比須【ゑびす】
、恵比須【えべす】
、戎【えびす】
、夷【えびす】
、蛭子【えびす】
、蛭子【ひるこ】
noun
1.
peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)(archaism)
See also:蝦夷
2.
provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
3.
brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
4.
foreigner, barbarian(derogatory)
Other readings:
戎【えびす】
expression
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to control foreigners by foreigners, to play one barbarian state against another
noun
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sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)(usually kana)
Other readings:
えびすぐさ《恵比須草》
、エビスグサ
noun
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fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
Other readings:
恵比寿講【えびすこう】
、恵比須講【えびすこう】
、夷講【えびすこう】
、戎講【えびすこう】