Kanji 御 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 9

imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

御山雀

おやますずめ

alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)

御史台

ぎょしだい

Censorate (Later Han and Song dynasty surveillance agency)

御師

おし

low-ranking priest

御旨

みむね

God's will

御旨

ぎょし

thoughts

御歯黒蜻蛉

おはぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

御事

おこと

you

御持僧

ごじそう

imperial protector monk

御時

おおんとき

reign of an emperor of Japan

御璽

ぎょじ

imperial seal

御室派

おむろは

Omuro (sect of Shingon Buddhism)

御湿

おしめ

loincloth

御者座

ぎょしゃざ

Auriga (constellation)

御手洗

みたらし

font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

御手洗川

みたらしがわ

river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

御種人参

おたねにんじん

Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

御拾い

おひろい

walk

御出木偶

おででこ

doll used as part of a street performance (Edo period)

御書

おんしょ

writings

御召し縮緬

おめしちりめん

(high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

御焼き餅

おやきかちん

roasted mochi

御錠口

おじょうぐち

door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

御寝る

おしずまる

to sleep

御心

みこころ

(another's) spirit

御新下り

おあらおり

inauguration ceremony of a new Ryukyuan high priestess

御神楽

みかぐら

kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)

御薪

みかまぎ

kindling burned in shrines and temples

御身

おみ

you

御世

みよ

(imperial) reign

御世替わり

みよがわり

(Japanese) imperial succession

御成り道

おなりみち

road for persons of high rank

御成敗式目

ごせいばいしきもく

Formulary of Adjudications (51-article Joei legal code)

御成門

おなりもん

gate for important persons

御製

ぎょせい

poem or song written by the emperor

御先

おんさき

animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox)

御前

おんまえ

Dear

御前

ごぜ

outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade)

御前掛かり

ごぜんがかり

ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince

御前橘

ごぜんたちばな

Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis)

御前試合

ごぜんじあい

contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor

御前酒

ごぜんしゅ

Gozenshu (brand name for a sake)

御前方

おまえがた

you (plural)

御前様

ごぜんさま

wife of a nobleman

御膳そば

ごぜんそば

high-quality soba

御膳汁粉

ごぜんじるこ

shiruko made with strained red bean paste

御祖師様

おそしさま

the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)

御相

おあい

sitting between the host and guest of honour at a drinking party (honor)

御息所

みやすどころ

concubine of an emperor

御体

ぎょたい

body

御体

おんからだ

body of Christ (Eucharist)

御帯料

おんおびりょう

betrothal money given from man to woman

御台

みだい

wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

御台

おだい

cooked rice

御台所

みだいどころ

wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

御台盤

おだいばん

cooked rice

御大

おんたい

boss

御題

ぎょだい

theme chosen for an imperial poetry contest

御地

おんち

your place

御茶子

おちゃこ

female usher at traditional Kansai theatrical events

御柱

おんばしら

Onbashira Festival

御帳台

みちょうだい

curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

御庭番

おにわばん

spy working for the Edo shogunate

御典医

ごてんい

doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

御殿女中

ごてんじょちゅう

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

御徒面子

おかちめんこ

(woman's) ugly or homely face

御奴

みやつこ

servant of the imperial court

御湯殿上日記

おゆどののうえのにっき

Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)

御灯

ごとう

lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

御当地相撲

ごとうちずもう

local wrestler

御堂

みどう

cathedral (esp. Catholic)

御肉

おにく

northern groundcone (Boschniakia rossica)

御入り候

おんいりそうろう

to be

御忍び駕籠

おしのびかご

special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

御年

おとし

age (esp. advanced)

御年

みとし

grain (esp. rice)

御飯

おんいい

steamed rice as an offering to a god

御父つぁん

おとっつぁん

father

御封

ごふ

talisman

御仏

みほとけ

Lord Buddha

御仏前

ごぶつぜん

before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet

御仏名

おぶつみょう

annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas

御物

ぎょぶつ

Imperial treasures

御分

ごぶん

you

御文

おふみ

Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)

御文章

ごぶんしょ

Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)

御幣

おんべ

staff with plaited paper streamers

御壁

おかべ

tofu

御辺

おんあたり

you

御墓

みはか

imperial tomb

御母様

おたあさま

mother

御坊

おんぼう

cemetery guard

御坊

ごぼう

monk

御味御付

おみおつけ

miso soup

御眠

おねむ

sleeping

御名

ぎょめい

name of the emperor