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ホウヘイシ
Meanings
Noun
1. imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies
Alt. forms
奉ほう幣へい使し
ホウヘイシ
Pitch accent
ホ
ウヘ
イシ
Composed of
offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)