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防衛庁

ぼうえいちょう
Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007)
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衛兵

えいへい
palace guard; sentinel; garrison
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親衛

しんえい
monarch's guards
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守衛

しゅえい
security guard; doorkeeper
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権兵衛

ごんべえ
country bumpkin; John Doe; used to refer to someone whose name is unknown
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衛士

えじ、えいし
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
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後衛

こうえい
rear guard
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甚兵衛

じんべえ
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
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警衛

けいえい
guard; patrol; escort
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衛視

えいし
guards at parliament