お神輿
Meanings
1
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine
A portable shrine carried through the streets during festivals. The word itself is honorific/polite.
See also: 御輿
Carrying the mikoshi at the festival is tough work.
2
usually written using kana alone
Slangy, jocular use; often in phrases like おみこしを上げる (get up off one's backside) or おみこしを据える (sit down firmly). Usually written in kana.
See also: 腰
Let's get off our butts and start working.
He plonks himself down in the chair and won't budge.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が〈物〉を担ぐto shoulder/carry a mikoshi
On the day of the festival, the young men carried the mikoshi through town on their shoulders.
- お神輿を上げるto finally get up and get moving (jocular)
I'd better get up off my backside and go to work soon.
- お神輿を据えるto settle in and refuse to move (jocular)
Once he plants himself down, he doesn't budge for a long time.