夷
えびす
夷
表記・読み:戎・えびす
- 1
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
foreigner; barbarian