This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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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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恵比寿

恵比須、戎、夷、蛭子
えびす、ゑびす、えべす、ひるこ
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
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えびす講

恵比寿講、恵比須講、夷講、戎講
えびすこう
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
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夷蛮戎狄

いばんじゅうてき
the barbarians beyond the borders of old China
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西戎

せいじゅう
barbarians to the west (from Chinese)
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東夷西戎

とういせいじゅう
barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
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翁戎貝

翁恵比須貝
おきなえびすがい、オキナエビスガイ
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
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十日戎

とおかえびす
festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce
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戎克

ジャンク
junk (Chinese ship)
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戎葵

じゅうき
hollyhock