使し

noun

messenger; envoy

Historical term for an official messenger or envoy, often in a governmental or military context. Rare in modern usage outside historical references.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、朝ちょう廷ていの使しが地ち方ほうへ派は遣けんされた。

  In the Heian period, imperial messengers were dispatched to the provinces.

noun

police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)

Abbreviation of 検非違使 (kebiishi), the imperial police and judicial officials of the Heian and Kamakura periods. Used only in historical contexts.

See also: 検非違使

• 「使し」は検け非び違い使しの略りゃく称しょうとして、古こ文もん書じょに見みられる。

  In old documents, 使 appears as an abbreviation for kebiishi.

noun

klesha; defilement; affliction

Buddhist term for mental afflictions or polluting thoughts (greed, hatred, delusion) that cause suffering. Technical and domain-specific.

See also: 煩悩

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、貪とん瞋じん痴ちの三さん毒どくを使しと呼よぶことがある。

  In Buddhism, the three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion are sometimes called 使 (klesha).