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御用

ごよう

your order, your business, official business

御様御用

おためしごよう

sword tester (Edo period); executioner

御用達

ごようたしごようたつごようだつごようだち

purveyor (esp. to the government, Imperial Household, etc.)

御用邸

ごようてい

imperial villa

御用人

ごようにん

manager, steward, person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)

御用組合

ごようくみあい

a company union

御用聞き

ごようきき

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door

御用学者

ごようがくしゃ

scholar beholden to the government, self-serving academic, scholar who toadies up to government authorities

御用商人

ごようしょうにん

a purveyor to the government

御用新聞

ごようしんぶん

a government newspaper or organ

御用納め

ごようおさめ

year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)

御用始め

ごようはじめ

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4)

御用の方

ごようのかた

customer, guest

御用繁多

ごようはんた

being busy with many things, extreme busyness due to pressure of business (often used humorously)

御用部屋

ごようべや

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

お安い御用

おやすいごよう

easy task; no problem