土左衛門

どざえもん

drowned body of a person (after sumo wrestler Narusegawa Dozaemon)

烏勘左衛門

crow; Mr Crow

骨皮筋右衛門

ほねかわすじえもん ほねがわすじみぎえもん

reduced to skin and bones

五右衛門風呂

ごえもんぶろ

bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

門

もん かど

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

近衛

このえ

Imperial Guards

衛士

えじ えいし

soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.

衛視

えいし

guards at parliament

禁衛

きんえい

protecting the emperor

中衛

ちゅうえい なかまもる

middle guard, halfback (e.g. football), center forward (e.g. volleyball), centre forward

前衛

ぜんえい

advance guard, vanguard

衛所

えいしょ

place guarded by soldiers, torpedo room

護衛

ごえい

guard, convoy, escort

自衛

じえい

self-defense, self-defence

守衛

しゅえい

security guard, doorkeeper

兵衛

ひょうえい

middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)

後衛

こうえい

rear guard

衛戍

えいじゅ

garrison

防衛

ぼうえい

defense, defence, protection, self-defense, self-defence