院 | [いん, in] (n) (1) (hon) imperial palace; (2) emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); (suf) (3) temple; (4) institution (esp. a government office, school, hospital, etc.); (5) suffix used in posthumous names (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.) #629 [Add to Longdo] |
院号 | [いんごう, ingou] (n) (1) (hon) former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); (2) (See 院) posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in" #16,678 [Add to Longdo] |
斎宮 | [さいぐう, saiguu] (n) the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine [Add to Longdo] |
女院 | [にょういん;にょいん, nyouin ; nyoin] (n) (hon) (See 院) woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |