Japanese symbol for “prestigious”
由緒ある
ゆいしょある
Romaji: yuishoaru
venerable; prestigious; with a long history
In Japanese, prestigious is 由緒ある, read ゆいしょある (yuishoaru).
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Meanings
- adj-f venerable; prestigious; with a long history
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “prestigious”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栄誉ある | えいよある eiyoaru | honourable; honorable; prestigious |
| 格調高い | かくちょうだかい kakuchoudakai | elegant; refined; dignified |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 理由 | りゆう riyuu | reason; grounds; pretext |
| 自由 | じゆう jiyuu | freedom; liberty |
| 経由 | けいゆ keiyu | going through; going via; going by way of |
| 由来 | ゆらい yurai | origin; source; history |
| 不自由 | ふじゆう fujiyuu | discomfort; inconvenience |
| 由緒 | ゆいしょ yuisho | history; pedigree; lineage |
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 情緒 | じょうちょ joucho | emotion; feeling |
See also: Chinese symbol for “prestigious”.
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.