your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
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); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
main shrine; inner sanctuary
princess; Her Royal Highness
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
front shrine; hall of worship
young lord; successor of one's current lord
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
being inducted into a hall of fame
reception hall (in a temple or palace)
the court; palace circles; palace floor
main temple; main building of a shrine; alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
ritual implement storehouse
main building in a Heian palace; (historical) main residence of an emperor
entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra; imperial palace; (arch.) Yoshiwara red light district
pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
palace annex; shrine annex
Council Hall in the Imperial Palace
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
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
emperor's temporary place of sojourn
dilettantish business; amateurish business
manner of Heian era palatial architecture
dilettantism; amateurism (in art)
school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)
pavilion housing the historical archives (in Heian Palace)
waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)
black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata)
the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace
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
assembly hall of a shrine (used for weddings, banquets, etc.)
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
central pavilion (of Heian Palace)
shrine of imperial ancestors
ladies' pavilion (of Heian Palace)
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
purification hall of a Shinto shrine
pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace)
pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace)
wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'); purple secretia; purple-heart; purple queen
seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
precipitation tank; settling tank; sedimentation tank
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)
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
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.)
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
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)
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
ladies' 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
Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall
moving houses (of a nobleman, etc.)