夷 [えびす] /(n) (1) (arch) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)/(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) (derog) foreigner/barbarian/ ------- /(n) Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce)/ |