Word Meaning 御用始め

ごようはじめ goyouhajime

御用始め is read as ごようはじめ (goyouhajime) and means re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4).

Meaning

English

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)

Reading

Kana

ごようはじめ

Romaji

goyouhajime

Writing Variants

ご用始め ごようはじめ goyouhajime

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 御用納め Rank 121568 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御用納め

ごようおさめ

year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)

御用達

ごようたし

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

御用

ごよう

(customer's) order

御用組合

ごようくみあい

a company union

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)

御用の方

ごようのかた

customer

御用部屋

ごようべや

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

御歌会始

おうたかいはじめ

annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

御用聞き

ごようきき

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door

御用邸

ごようてい

imperial villa