Word Meaning 御本尊

ごほんぞん gohonzon

御本尊 is read as ごほんぞん (gohonzon) and means the man himself.

Meaning

English

  1. the man himself
  2. the person at the heart of the matter
  3. principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva)
  4. principal image
  5. idol

Reading

Kana

ごほんぞん

Romaji

gohonzon

Writing Variants

  • ご本尊 ごほんぞん gohonzon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 125334 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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本尊

ほんぞん

the man himself

日本武尊

やまとたける

Yamato Takeru

守り本尊

まもりほんぞん

guardian deity

基本形リンク制御

きほんがたりんくせいぎょ

basic mode link control

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