Japanese DictionaryDefinition of えいし
- (n) English poetry
外国人は英詩をたくさん読んで初めてシェイクスピアの作品を理解することができる。
Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.
- (n) 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
