奉

Meaning

奉 centers on the act of respectfully giving or carrying out something for a higher purpose: offering, presenting, dedicating, or observing a duty.

• 奉仕ほうし
  N1

  service; ministry; attendance; church work

• 奉納ほうのう

  dedication; offering; presentation; oblation

• 信奉しんぽう

  belief; faith; adherence; espousal

• 奉公ほうこう

  live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship

• 奉行ぶぎょう

  magistrate; shogunate administrator

• 奉るたてまつる
  N1

  to offer; to present

• 大政奉還たいせいほうかん

  restoration of imperial rule

• 奉公人ほうこうにん

  servant; employee

• 奉ずるほうずる

  to present; to dedicate

• 奉献ほうけん

  dedication; presentation; consecration; offer (to a shrine)

• 年季奉公ねんきぼうこう

  apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude

• 奉職ほうしょく

  being in the service of; serving at; holding office

• 町奉行まちぶぎょう

  (Edo-period) town magistrate

• お礼奉公おれいぼうこう

  free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

• ご奉仕価格ごほうしかかく

  bargain price

• キリシタン奉行キリシタンぶぎょう

  magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

• 丁稚奉公でっちぼうこう

  apprenticeship

• 五奉行ごぶぎょう

  the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

• 仕え奉るつかえまつる

  to serve; to build as commanded

• 仰ぎ奉るあおぎたてまつる

  to look up

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