御真影

ごしんえい

Also written ご真影

Meanings

1. Noun imperial portrait (i.e.: photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War)
2. portrait or photo of a person of high rank

Kanji

• 御 honorific. Read as ゴ.
• 真 true. Read as シン.
• 影 shadow. Read as エイ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists