Kanji 奉 Words: Meanings and Readings

奉仕

ほうし

offering goods at a reduced price

信奉

しんぽう

belief

奉納

ほうのう

dedication

奉行

ぶぎょう

magistrate

奉公

ほうこう

live-in domestic service

町奉行

まちぶぎょう

(Edo-period) town magistrate

お礼奉公

おれいぼうこう

free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

キリシタン奉行

キリシタンぶぎょう

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

ささげ物

ささげもの

offering

めかけ奉公

めかけぼうこう

serving as a concubine

勘定奉行

かんじょうぶぎょう

chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

供奉

ぐぶ

inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

供奉僧

ぐぶそう

Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

仰ぎ奉る

あおぎたてまつる

to look up

玉串奉奠

たまぐしほうてん

reverentially offering a branch of the sacred tree

勤め奉公

つとめぼうこう

apprenticeship

勤労奉仕

きんろうほうし

labor service

五奉行

ごぶぎょう

the five commissioners

仕え奉る

つかえまつる

to serve

寺社奉行

じしゃぶぎょう

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

社会奉仕

しゃかいほうし

voluntary social service

社会奉仕家

しゃかいほうしか

social worker

遵奉

じゅんぽう

obeying

遵奉者

じゅんぽうしゃ

conformist

初奉公

ういぼうこう

first apprenticeship

女中奉公

じょちゅうぼうこう

domestic service

信奉者

しんぽうしゃ

adherent

神宮奉斎会

じんぐうほうさいかい

Ise Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)

大政奉還

たいせいほうかん

restoration of imperial rule

丁稚奉公

でっちほうこう

apprenticeship

長崎奉行

ながさきぶぎょう

magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)

渡り奉公

わたりぼうこう

working as a servant for a series of masters

内供奉

ないぐぶ

inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

鍋奉行

なべぶぎょう

person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table

年季奉公

ねんきぼうこう

apprenticeship

版籍奉還

はんせきほうかん

return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

武家奉公

ぶけぼうこう

service with a samurai family

幣を奉る

ぬさをたてまつる

to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

奉じる

ほうじる

to proudly bear

奉ずる

ほうずる

to proudly bear

奉る

たてまつる

to do respectfully

奉安

ほうあん

enshrining

奉安殿

ほうあんでん

school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education (pre-WWII)

奉加

ほうが

donation

奉加帳

ほうがちょう

(shrine or temple) donation register

奉賀

ほうが

respectful congratulations

奉還

ほうかん

restoring to the emperor

奉教人

ほうきょうにん

early Japanese Christian

奉迎

ほうげい

welcome

奉迎門

ほうげいもん

welcome arch

奉献

ほうけん

dedication

奉献式

ほうけんしき

dedicatory ceremony

奉献物

ほうけんぶつ

votive offering

奉献頌

ほうけんしょう

offertory

奉公口

ほうこうぐち

place of employment

奉公人

ほうこうにん

servant

奉公先

ほうこうさき

one's employer's house

奉行所

ぶぎょうしょ

magistrate's office

奉告

ほうこく

report given to deity or nobility

奉賛

ほうさん

support given to a temple or shrine

奉仕価格

ほうしかかく

bargain price

奉仕活動

ほうしかつどう

voluntary activity

奉仕者

ほうししゃ

minister (of religion)

奉仕女

ほうしめ

deaconess

奉仕品

ほうしひん

bargain goods

奉仕料

ほうしりょう

service charge

奉伺

ほうし

inquiring about (one's health)

奉侍

ほうじ

serving

奉持

ほうじ

bearing

奉祝

ほうしゅく

celebration

奉書

ほうしょ

hosho paper

奉書紙

ほうしょがみ

hosho paper

奉唱

ほうしょう

singing

奉承

ほうしょう

receiving (order, etc.) reverently

奉職

ほうしょく

being in the service of

奉遷

ほうせん

moving an object of worship

奉送

ほうそう

seeing an emperor off

奉体

ほうたい

carrying out the will of one's lord

奉戴

ほうたい

choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization

奉勅

ほうちょく

receiving an imperial decree

奉勅命令

ほうちょくめいれい

command sanctioned by the emperor

奉直戦争

ほうちょくせんそう

Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)

奉呈

ほうてい

presentation (to someone of high status)

奉灯

ほうとう

votive lantern

奉答

ほうとう

reply to the throne

奉読

ほうどく

respectful reading

奉納額

ほうのうがく

votive tablet

奉納金

ほうのうきん

votive offering of money

奉納相撲

ほうのうずもう

ritual matches held at a shrine

奉納物

ほうのうぶつ

votive offering

奉拝

ほうはい

worship

奉幣

ほうへい

offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

奉幣使

ほうへいし

imperial messenger to a shrine

奉奠

ほうてん

humbly presenting something

奉祀

ほうし

enshrine

褒め奉る

ほめまつる

to praise

命を奉じる

めいをほうじる

to obey orders

滅私奉公

めっしほうこう

selfless devotion

礼奉公

れいぼうこう

free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship