Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
temple; shrine; sanctuary
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
you; (arch.) your residence
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
princess; Her Royal Highness
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince; His Royal Highness the Crown Prince
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
front shrine; hall of worship
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master
palace; hall; shrine; temple; hall of fame
young lord; successor of one's current lord
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
main temple; main building of a shrine; Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
being inducted into a hall of fame
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
reception hall (in a temple or palace)
the court; palace circles; palace floor
the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace
entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; entry to the imperial court (in the Heian period)
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha (esp. the main hall of a Zen Buddhist temple)
main building in a Heian palace; main residence of an emperor
ritual implement storehouse
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees
Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra; imperial palace; (arch.) Yoshiwara red light district
maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
Council Hall in the Imperial Palace
pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master
shrine of imperial ancestors
palace keeper; palace guard
buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
palace decorated with jewels; beautiful palace
manner of Heian-era palatial architecture
palace annex; shrine annex
dilettantish business; amateurish business
rear guard; rear guard unit
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
emperor's temporary place of sojourn
manner of Heian-era palatial architecture
dilettantism; amateurism (in art)
school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education (pre-WWII)
pavilion housing the historical archives (in Heian Palace)
temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)
black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata)
hall of offerings (at a shrine)
temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)
enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
assembly hall of a shrine (used for weddings, banquets, etc.)
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master
golden palace; magnificent palace
building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
central pavilion (of Heian Palace)
precipitation tank; settling tank; sedimentation tank
ladies' pavilion (of Heian Palace)
palace keeper; palace guard
purification hall of a Shinto shrine
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace)
pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace)
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'); purple secretia; purple-heart; purple queen
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
household with the wife as the boss; wife wearing the pants; wife ruling the roost; house with a henpecked husband
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
house used (by noble ladies) for putting on makeup
amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses
young lords; young samurai; young people
amateurish way of doing business
alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)
roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture)
building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds)
building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds)
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace
physicians' pavilion (in Heian Palace)
pavilion housing the sacred mirror (in Heian Palace)
pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)
pavilion housing imperial treasures and historical artifacts (in Heian Palace)
pavilion housing imperial treasures and historical artifacts (in Heian Palace)
residence of a government official in the Ryukyu Kingdom
moving houses (of a nobleman, etc.)
precipitant; precipitator; precipitating agent