(historical, obsolete) a co-chieftain in ancient Japan who protected distant lands

a placename

to live in, to inhabit, to abide at, to dwell at

ancient tribes in eastern China / level (flat and low) / levelled destruction

(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

a surname / alternative spelling of 恵比須 (Ebisu), a Shinto god

those people with differing languages and/or cultures / a barbarian, savage; uncivilized people (living to the east of ancient Imperial China; included Japan) / a neutral (position)

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

protect, defend, watch over

a watchman, a keeper (as of a lighthouse), a caretaker / a nursemaid, a babysitter