Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Kanji 御 honorable, manipulate, govern 恩 grace, kindness, goodness Related words 満まん 足ぞく 満足 is a standard word for 'satisfaction' or 'being satisfied'. 御の字 is more colloquial and carries a stronger nuance of being pleasantly surprised or feeling that something is more than enough.
十じゅう 分ぶん 十分 means 'enough' or 'sufficient' in a neutral sense. 御の字 implies not just sufficiency but a high degree of satisfaction, often with a grateful tone.
Written forms 御おん の 字じ Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling. The kanji 御 is read おん here, not ご .
恩おん の 字じ
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage. 恩 means 'favor' or 'grace', and this spelling is sometimes used to emphasize the nuance of being grateful or more than satisfactory.
おんの 字じ
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and avoids the unusual reading of 御 .
Etymology The expression likely originates from the idea that the character 御 (おん ) represents something honorable or highly valued, so being 'the character 御 ' means something is top-notch. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.
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