Meaning
御輿 (みこし, mikoshi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “portable shrine; sacred palanquin”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
祭りでみこしを 担いだことがあります
I have carried the portable shrine on my shoulders during a festival before.
山・御輿として担ぐ形。
The so-called "mountain shrine" or "portable shrine" is a shouldered style.
悦び給へば官人駕輿丁御輿を早め。
Then the palace officials and the bearers of their palanquin increase the pace of its progress.「
法皇御輿に駕し、東を指して臨幸。
」 Putting the cloistered emperor on a mikoshi (portable shrine), they headed east.
御輿等を担ぎながら水を浴びたり川や海に入る場合も多い。
It is also common that participants carrying portable shrines are drenched in water or go into the river or sea.
手古舞(てこまい)は、祭りに於いて、山車や御輿を先導する舞。
Tekomai is a dance performed to lead floats or omikoshi (portable shrine) in a festival.
地域によっては御輿の担ぎ棒に乗ったりよじ登るという行為が見られる。
In some areas, one may see someone standing on or climbing on the pole.
御輿に乗ることはもちろん、上から見下ろすことさえ禁じられている所もある。
In some areas, it is forbidden to look down at a mikoshi from on high, let alone climb up on the mikoshi.
祭りによっては、御輿の担ぎ手に褌を禁止し、半タコ着用を指示する場合もある。
Some festivals prohibit carriers of a portable shrine to wear fundoshi loincloths and instruct them to wear hantako trunks.
祭りによっては、御輿の巡行に、山車(山)、鉾(ほこ)、だんじり、屋台が随行する場合もある。
Depending on the festival, there are occasions when dashi (festival cars, float), hoko (long-handled spears), danjiri (decorative portable shrines) and yatai (float) accompany the mikoshi's route.「
御輿」は「輿」に「御」を付けたものであるが、通常はさらに「御」をつけて「おみこし」と呼ばれる。
Mikoshi' is made up with a word 'koshi (litter)' with an honorific prefix 'mi' but it is usually referred to as 'omikoshi' with an additional honorific prefix 'o.'