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Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) +‎ 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).

mikado (countable and uncountable, plural mikados)

  1. (history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
  2. (literary, countable) Any emperor of Japan.
    Synonym: tenno

    The mikados of Japan are its emperors.

    • 1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado:

      Our great Mikado, virtuous man,
      When he to rule our land began,
      Resolved to try a plan whereby
      Young men might best be steadied.

  3. A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.
    Synonym: pick-up sticks
  4. A fabric having a stiff twill weave.

emperor of Japan

a game of skill

Borrowed from Japanese 御門.

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.kaːˌdoː/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ka‧do

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

  1. mikado, pick-up sticks (game of skill)
  • IPA(key): /ˌmiˈkaː.doː/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ka‧do

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

  1. (history) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
  2. (literary) any emperor of Japan

From Japanese みかど (mikado).

  • IPA(key): [miˈkado]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ka‧do

mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)

  1. mikado

Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) +‎ 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).

mikado m (plural mikados)

  1. (history) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
  2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
  3. mikado (game of skill)

mikado

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みかど
  • IPA(key): /miˈkado/ [miˈka.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: mi‧ka‧do

mikado m (plural mikados)

  1. mikado