Word Meaning 御坊

ごぼう gobou

御坊 is read as ごぼう (gobou) and means monk.

Meaning

English

monk
temple
monk's quarters

Reading

Kana

ごぼう

Romaji

gobou

Writing Variants

御房ごぼう gobou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 148411 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御殿

ごてん

palace

御府内

ごふない

within the town limits of Edo

御新造

ごしんぞう

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

御成門

おなりもん

gate for important persons

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)

御史台

ぎょしだい

Censorate (Later Han and Song dynasty surveillance agency)

御領

ごりょう

land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate

御仏前

ごぶつぜん

before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet

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)

御仏名

おぶつみょう

annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas

赤ん坊

あかんぼう

baby

本因坊

ほんいんぼう

Hon'inbō

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