DictionaryCommon words衛門

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衛門

“a historical Japanese title for a gate guard or gatekeeper; a hereditary title for a low-ranking samurai serving as a gate guard at a castle gate”

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To guard; to protect; to defend; a guard or defender; a surname; a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty.

Door; gate; entrance; opening; family; lineage; school of thought; sect; key point; method; classifier for courses or fields of study.