Meanings
Prefix
Honorific
1. august
2. beautiful
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
(imperial) reign; period
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
spirit of a deceased person
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
portable shrine (carried in festivals)
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
Son of God; child of an emperor
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
honorific or polite prefix
country; Japan
deep snow
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
beautiful sky
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
mountain
bamboo blind
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
name of God (esp. in Christian contexts); name of Christ
large, high mountain
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
Imperial standard; (fig.) worthy cause
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering
God's word; word of God
God's will
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
mausoleum
imperial tomb
leader of a nobleman's cavalcade
Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort); Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc.
Miyama cherry (Prunus maximowiczii); Korean cherry; (arch.) mountain cherry tree
the humble shield of our Sovereign Lord
annual Shingon prayer ritual (January 8-14)
the works (of the gods)
Japanese (language)
servant of the imperial court
grain (esp. rice); rice cultivation