ごよう – Vocabulary details

ごよう

Noun

Honorific

1. (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need

2. (customer's) order

3. official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)

4. arrest; capture

Pre-noun adjective

5. subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

easy task; no problem

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman

room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

ごようは何なんでしょうか。

What shall I do for you?

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