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
  • 御神輿 おみこし omikoshi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 24235 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神輿蛸

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

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

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

女神

めがみ

goddess

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

神木

かみき

sacred tree

神髄

しんずい

essence