御み輿こし

noun

portable shrine; mikoshi

A portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals. The reading is みこし; 神輿 can also be read しんよ in some contexts.

• 祭まつりで神輿みこしを担かつぐのは大たい変へんだ。

  Carrying the mikoshi at the festival is tough work.

• 神輿みこしが町ちょう内ないを練ねり歩あるいた。

  The portable shrine paraded through the neighborhood.

noun

palanquin; litter

Only when written 御輿

Honorific term for a palanquin or litter, used in historical contexts. Restricted to the 御輿 spelling.

See also: 輿

• 昔むかし、貴き族ぞくは御み輿こしに乗のって移い動どうした。

  In the past, nobles traveled by palanquin.

noun

lower back; waist; hips

Only with reading みこし

Usually written in kana. Often used in set phrases like みこしを上げる (get up off one's seat) or みこしを据える (settle down to work).

See also: みこしを据える · 腰

• そろそろみこしを上あげて帰かえりましょう。

  Let's get up and head home soon.

• 彼かれは机つくえに向むかってみこしを据すえた。

  He settled down at his desk to work.