御用

ごよう

Also written ご用

Meanings

1. Noun (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need
2. (customer's) order
3. official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
4. arrest; capture
5. Prenominal subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government See also: 御用新聞 (ごようしんぶん).

Kanji

• 御 honorific. Read as ゴ.
• 用 use. Read as ヨウ.

Example sentences

• 何のご用ですか。
  What do you want?
• 何か御用ですか。
  What do you want me to do?
• 何か御用がありますか。
  Is there anything I can do for you?
• 何かご用がありましたらためらわずに私に申し付けて下さい。
  If there is anything you want, don't hesitate to ask me.
• 御用は何でしょうか。
  What shall I do for you?

Common phrases

• 御用を務める

Related forms

• 用 (よう) business (plain)

Words containing 御用

• 御用達 (ごようたし) purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.)
• 御用商人 (ごようしょうにん) purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
• 御用邸 (ごようてい) imperial villa

And 12 more.

Word lists

• Honorific (尊敬語)
• Examples

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