ごよう
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need
2. (customer's) order
3. official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
4. arrest; capture
Pre-noun adjective
5. subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government
Pitch accent
Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
easy task; no problem
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
customer; guest
manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
imperial villa
scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities
pro-government newspaper; newspaper that curries favour with the government
being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business
year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)
re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)
a company union
Examples (1 in total)
What shall I do for you?