アズマエビス
Archaic
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
Derogatory
Kantō-ben
1. warrior from the eastern parts of Japan
Pitch accent
ズマエ
ビス
Composed of
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian