卫士 | [卫 士 / 衛 士] guardian; defender #15,630 [Add to Longdo] |
衛士 | [えじ;えいし, eji ; eishi] (n) (1) soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.; (2) term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system; (3) guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there [Add to Longdo] |