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 衛士
 えじ
 えいし
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
 term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
 guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there
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