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Meanings
1
Lord; Highness
Honorific suffix attached to the name of a god or a noble, similar to 'Lord' or 'Highness' in English. Used in historical and mythological contexts.
In Japanese mythology, Amaterasu Ōmikami is also called 'Amaterasu Ōmikami', where the '御' part can be read as 'mikoto'.
In the Kojiki, names of gods such as 'Izanagi no Mikoto' and 'Izanami no Mikoto' are recorded.
2
archaicderogatory
Archaic derogatory second-person pronoun. Extremely rare and only found in very old texts; not used in modern Japanese.
In classical literature, there are rare examples of addressing a subordinate as 'mikoto'.