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| 1. |
[n]
▶ emperor (of Japan) ▶ mikado |
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| 2. |
(御門 only)
[n]
[hon]
▶ (the gates of an) imperial residence |
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| 2. | A 2012-01-08 16:56:48 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -29,0 +29,1 @@ +<misc>&hon;</misc> |
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| 1. | A* 2012-01-08 13:38:52 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | ごもん reading: 広辞苑 帝 only for emperor sense (not “gate”): * 大辞林 国語 lists 帝 in the head of the entry, but specifies that it is used for emperor on that definition line * 広辞苑 国語 only lists 帝 on that definition line in みかど * 広辞苑 漢和 definitions (only lists emperor) * 新解さん only lists emperor sense for entry |
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| Comments: | * Add reading ごもん (only for 御門) * Restrict 帝 to emperor sense (i.e., restrict gate sense to 御門) Etymology is straightforward: 御門 is 尊敬語 for 門 and this has two readings: ごもん and みかど. The latter word/reading came to be used to refer to the emperor, hence acquired (in *this sense*) the kanji 帝 “emperor”, but this kanji didn’t then point back at literal gates. (Sparked by seeing 乾御門 (referring to NW corner palace gate) – which seems pretty clearly to be いぬいごもん based on 乾門（いぬいもん） being in the dicts and on Google hits for reading.) |
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| Diff: | @@ -17,0 +17,4 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>ごもん</reb> +<re_restr>御門</re_restr> +</r_ele> @@ -23,0 +27,1 @@ +<stagk>御門</stagk> |
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