御お廻めぐり

noun

miso dumpling for the dog days

Historical term for a dumpling cooked in miso and served at the imperial court during the hottest summer days (doyō). Extremely rare outside historical contexts.

• 宮きゅう中ちゅうでは土ど用ようの丑うしの日ひに御お廻めぐりを食しょくす習しゅう慣かんがあったと伝つたえられる。

  It is said that at the imperial court there was a custom of eating miso dumplings on the day of the ox during the dog days.

noun

side dishes; accompaniments for rice

Archaic court-lady term for okazu (side dishes). Used in the secret language of court ladies; not found in modern Japanese.

See also: おかず

• 女にょう房ぼう言こと葉ばでは、おかずのことを御お廻めぐりと申もうしました。

  In court-lady language, side dishes were called 御廻.

noun

wooden pestle

Archaic court-lady term for a surikogi (wooden pestle). Part of the secret language of court ladies; obsolete.

See also: すりこぎ

• すりこぎを御お廻めぐりと呼よんだのは宮きゅう中ちゅうの女にょう房ぼうたちである。

  It was the court ladies who called a wooden pestle 御廻.

noun

menstrual period

Archaic euphemism for menstruation. No longer in use.

• 古ふるくは月げっ経けいのことを御お廻めぐりと婉えん曲きょくに表ひょう現げんすることがあった。

  In the past, menstruation was sometimes euphemistically called 御廻.