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夷
戎
えびす
peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
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蝦夷
えぞ、えみし
historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
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攘夷
じょうい
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
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征夷大将軍
せいいたいしょうぐん
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
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東夷
あずまえびす、とうい
(in Japanese history) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
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