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御嶽 (みたけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

御み嶽たけ

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

large, high mountain

rare term

Rare term; often appears in proper nouns such as 御嶽山 (Mount Ontake).

御おん嶽たけ山さんは長なが野の県けんと岐ぎ阜ふ県けんの境さかいにある大おおきな山やまです。
Mount Ontake is a large mountain on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures.

Written forms

御み嶽たけ
Standard kanji spelling for this rare term; 嶽 is a variant of 岳.
御み岳たけUsage100%
Alternate spelling using the more common 岳 character.

Kanji

御honorable, manipulate, govern
嶽peak
岳

point, peak, mountain

Similar words

大たい山ざん
大山 (たいざん) also means 'large mountain' but is more common and less archaic.
岳たけ
岳 (たけ) is a common suffix for mountain names, while 御嶽 is a rare standalone noun.

Etymology

The prefix 御 (み) is honorific, and 嶽/岳 (たけ) means 'mountain peak'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is used in classical and religious contexts for revered mountains.