Word Meaning お神輿

おみこし omikoshi

お神輿 is read as おみこし (omikoshi) and means mikoshi.

Meaning

English

  1. mikoshi
  2. portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals
  3. lower back
  4. waist
  5. hips

Reading

Kana

おみこし

Romaji

omikoshi

Writing Variants

  • お御輿 おみこし omikoshi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 24276 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神輿ダコ

みこしだこ

ganglion cyst caused by carrying a mikoshi on one's shoulders

御輿

みこし

mikoshi

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんとう

Shinto

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

鬼神

きしん

fierce god

神木

しんぼく

sacred tree

神髄

しんずい

essence

海神

かいしん

sea

神経

しんけい

nerve