Kanji 御 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 8

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)

御札

おふだ

type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

御三卿

ごさんきょう

three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

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)

御子

みこ

Son of God

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

御朱印

ごしゅいん

letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal

御朱印船

ごしゅいんせん

shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)

御種人参

おたねにんじん

Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

御酒

ごしゅ

alcohol

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)

御所車

ごしょぐるま

ox-drawn coach

御書

ごしょ

writings

御召縮緬

おめしちりめん

(high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

御焼き餅

おやきかちん

roasted mochi

御上

おかみ

(one's) master

御錠口

おじょうぐち

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

御触書

おふれがき

Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

御寝

およる

sleep

御寝る

およる

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

御新造

ごしんぞう

wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)

御真影

ごしんえい

portrait or photo of a person of high rank

御神火

ごじんか

deified volcano or volcanic eruption

御神楽

みかぐら

kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)

御神体

ごしんたい

shintai

御神渡り

おみわたり

ridged cracks that form in the ice on Lake Suwa

御神燈

ごしんとう

light used as a religious offering

御薪

みかまぎ

kindling burned in shrines and temples

御親拝

ごしんぱい

worship by the emperor at a shrine

御身

おんみ

you

御仁

ごじん

personage

御成道

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

みさき

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

御薦

おこも

beggar

御前

おんまえ

Dear

御前

ごぜん

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

御前を退く

ごぜんをのく

to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

御前会議

ごぜんかいぎ

Imperial Council

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

おまえさま

you

御前様

ごぜんさま

wife of a nobleman