御輿みこし (mikoshi)

portable shrine; sacred palanquin

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Meaning

御輿 (みこし, mikoshi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “portable shrine; sacred palanquin”.

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Example sentences 11

まつりでみこしを かつ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.