[こくし;くにのつかさ, kokushi ; kuninotsukasa](n) (See 守・かみ) provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)#8016[Add to Longdo]
[えじ;えいし, eji ; eishi](n) (1) soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.; (2) term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system; (3) guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there[Add to Longdo]
[かいはつりょうしゅ;かいほつりょうしゅ(ok), kaihatsuryoushu ; kaihotsuryoushu (ok)](n) local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands[Add to Longdo]
[げん, gen](n, n-suf) (1) (arch) special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); (n) (2) (arch) (See 大宰府) secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu[Add to Longdo]