えびす

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of えびす – see the following entry.

[proper noun] (Shinto, Japanese mythology) Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen, commerce and merchants, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health and well-being of small children

Alternative spellings
恵比寿, 夷, 戎, 蛭子

(This term, えびす, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

For pronunciation and definitions of えびす – see 恵比寿. (This term, えびす, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 恵比寿.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of えびす – see the following entry.

【夷】J

[noun] (historical) Synonym of 蝦夷 (Ezo): an ancient ethnic group attested in the Nihon Shoki that once lived on what is now the Kantō, Hokuriku and Tōhoku regions, likely as far as Hokkaido, possibly related to the Ainu people; dubbed as "barbarians" or "savages" by the Yamato

[noun] a person living far away from the 都 (miyako, “capital”), loosely translated to "bumpkin" or "hick"

[noun] (regional, derogatory) a barbarian, savage, especially referring to the 東夷 (azuma-ebisu, “warrior from the eastern parts of Japan”)

[noun] (by extension, derogatory) a foreigner

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] alternative spelling of 恵比須 (Ebisu), a Shinto god

(This term, えびす, is an alternative spelling of the above term.
For a list of all kanji read as えびす, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as えびす.)

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