Word Meaning 御用

ごよう goyou

御用 is read as ごよう (goyou) and means (customer's) order.

Meaning

English

  1. (customer's) order
  2. official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
  3. arrest
  4. capture
  5. subservient to an authority (esp. the government)
  6. pro-government
  7. (your) business
  8. (your) concern

Reading

Kana

ごよう

Romaji

goyou

Writing Variants

  • ご用 ごよう goyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 21041 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御様御用

おためしごよう

sword tester (Edo period)

御用達

ごようだつ

company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

御用人

ごようにん

manager

御用新聞

ごようしんぶん

pro-government newspaper

御用商人

ごようしょうにん

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

御用部屋

ごようべや

room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

御用邸

ごようてい

imperial villa

御用繁多

ごようはんた

being busy with many things

御幸

ごうき

imperial visit

御飯

ごはん

cooked rice