Word Meaning 御灯

ごとう gotou

御灯 is read as ごとう (gotou) and means lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering.

Meaning

English

lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

Reading

Kana

ごとう

Romaji

gotou

Writing Variants

御灯みあかし miakashi
御灯みとう mitou
御灯明 みあかし miakashi
御明かし みあかし miakashi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 146814 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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御殿

ごてん

palace

御雇外国人

おやといがいこくじん

hired foreigner

御手洗団子

みたらしだんご

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

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

御身

おみ

you

灯

あかり

lamp