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思し召し思召思召し [sK] おぼし召し [sK] 思しめし [sK]
おぼしめし
1. [n] [hon]
▶ thoughts
▶ opinion
▶ (one's) discretion
▶ will (esp. of God)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2832355 神の思し召し 1. God's will; Heaven's will
2. [n]
▶ however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.)
3. [n]
▶ fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly)
▶ love
▶ fancy
▶ liking



History:
12. A 2025-11-09 07:08:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
中辞典 mentions will. I don't think it should lead.
  Diff:
@@ -29 +28,0 @@
-<gloss>will (esp. of God)</gloss>
@@ -32,0 +32 @@
+<gloss>will (esp. of God)</gloss>
11. A* 2025-11-06 17:57:13  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
思し召し	32590	<-total kanji uses
神様の思し召し	6317 <-God
神の思し召し	8999 <-God
That's 47% "God" from just these two direct structures.

God is at least 20% of hiragana use
おぼしめし	10565
神様のおぼしめし	840	
神のおぼしめし	1369	


God is example #1 in the daijs definition:
https://kotobank.jp/word/思し召し-454324
1 相手を敬って、その考えや気持ちをいう語。お考え。ご意向。「神の思し召しにかなう」「せっかくの思し召しですが」
  Comments:
I have encountered twice now in the God context, with people trying to understand tragic events. ("Is this just God's will?")

"The will of God" use is fully 50% of uses of this term. We even have an entry for 神の〜.  I think "will" should be in the glosses for people who don't think to do a phrasal lookup from 神.  Since it's 50% of uses, I think it should be an early gloss.
  Diff:
@@ -26,0 +27 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2832355">神の思し召し</xref>
@@ -27,0 +29 @@
+<gloss>will (esp. of God)</gloss>
10. A 2023-12-31 19:17:03  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈思(し)/おぼし/オボシ〉〈召(し)/めし/メシ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 思し召し  │ 32,590 │ 51.1% │
│ 思召    │ 14,256 │ 22.3% │
│ 思召し   │  4,392 │  6.9% │ - add, sK
│ おぼし召し │  1,288 │  2.0% │
│ 思しめし  │    347 │  0.5% │ - add, sK
│ 思し召   │    117 │  0.2% │
│ おぼし召  │     22 │  0.0% │
│ おぼしめし │ 10,565 │ 16.6% │
│ オボシメシ │    258 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11,4 @@
+<keb>思召し</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +16,4 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>思しめし</keb>
9. A 2023-05-18 07:22:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2023-05-17 00:27:43  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 思し召し  │ 32,590 │ 55.5% │
│ 思召    │ 14,256 │ 24.3% │
│ おぼし召し │  1,288 │  2.2% │ - sK
│ おぼしめし │ 10,565 │ 18.0% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
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