Word details

御用

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 御用.

Dictionary

Entry

御用ご用Freq #9258
1

Honorific; Common noun

(your) business; (your) concern; (your) need

Examples
ご用のときはお電話ください。
Please call me up if you want me.
2

Honorific; Common noun

(customer's) order

3

Common noun

official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)

4

Common noun

arrest; capture

5

Noun or verb acting prenominally

subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

honorable, manipulate, govern

12 strokesFrequency 1,087JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ギョ

Kun

おん-お-み-

Nanori

utilize, business, service, use, employ

5 strokesFrequency 107JLPT N3Grade 2

On

ヨウ

Kun

もち.いる

Nanori

たから

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