Word.ws English Dictionary

mikoshi

mikoshi noun: a raised ceremonial litter used to transport a Shinto deity between shrines.

mikoshi: a raised ceremonial litter used to transport a Shinto deity between shrines
Image: Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

mikoshi (plural mikoshis or mikoshi)

  1. A raised ceremonial litter used to transport a Shinto deity between shrines.

mikoshi meaning in Indonesian

mikoshi in Indonesian

Translations
mikosyi

Forms of mikoshi

pluralmikoshis
pluralmikoshi

Origin of mikoshi

From Japanese 神(み)輿(こし) (mikoshi, “divine sedan”).

Questions about mikoshi

What does mikoshi mean?
Mikoshi means a raised ceremonial litter used to transport a Shinto deity between shrines.
What is mikoshi in Indonesian?
Mikoshi in Indonesian is mikosyi. See Mikoshi meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is mikoshi?
Mikoshi is a noun.
What is the plural of mikoshi?
The plural of mikoshi is mikoshis.

Words near mikoshi in the dictionary

  1. Mikolajczaks
  2. Mikolajczyk
  3. Mikolajczyks
  4. Mikomi
  5. mikos
  6. mikoshi
  7. mikoshis
  8. Mikov
  9. Mikoyan
  10. Mikoyan cutlet
  11. Mikoyan cutlets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mikoshi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “mikoshi.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mikoshi. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.