Japanese symbol for “luminaries”
お歴々
おれきれき
Romaji: orekireki
dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots
In Japanese, luminaries is お歴々, read おれきれき (orekireki).
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Meanings
- n dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs
Written forms: お歴々、御歴々、お歴歴、御歴歴. Readings: おれきれき.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歴史 | れきし rekishi | history |
| 経歴 | けいれき keireki | personal history; background; career |
| 学歴 | がくれき gakureki | academic background; academic credentials; academic record |
| 歴代 | れきだい rekidai | successive generations; successive emperors |
| 履歴 | りれき rireki | personal history; background; career |
| 歴任 | れきにん rekinin | successive jobs; consecutive jobs |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.