衛士 [えじ;えいし] /(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/EntL2175440X/ |