Word Meaning 御柱

おんばしら ombashira

御柱 is read as おんばしら (ombashira) and means Onbashira Festival.

Meaning

English

Onbashira Festival
log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

Reading

Kana

おんばしら

Romaji

ombashira

Writing Variants

御柱みはしら mihashira

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 146443 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天の御柱

あまのみはしら

Ama no Mihashira

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

円柱

えんちゅう

round pillar (esp. in buildings)