殿
殿

Mr., hall, mansion, palace, temple, lord

13 strokesFrequency 1,199JLPT N2Grade 8

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デンテン

Kun

との-どの

Nanori

てどん

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Common Words

殿どのSuffixPoliteFreq #3082
1

Form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

殿下でんかてんがNounHonorificFreq #8125
1

Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

神殿しんでんNounFreq #8242
1

temple; shrine; sanctuary

Examples
この神殿は建てるのに４６年かかりました。
It has taken forty-six years to build this temple.
宮殿きゅうでんNounFreq #8809
1

palace

Examples
宮殿は物々しい警戒ぶりだった。
The palace was heavily guarded.
殿とのNounFreq #9260
1

Honorific; Pronoun

feudal lord

2

Archaic

mansion; palace

貴殿きでんPronounHonorificFreq #10373
1

Used by men in letters to male equals or superiors

you

Examples
貴殿の娘さんは麻薬漬けです。
Your daughter's on drugs.
2

Archaic

your residence

殿方とのがたとのかたNounFreq #10713
1

Honorific; Female

gentlemen; men

Examples
こちらの殿方にビールを差し上げてください。
Please bring this gentleman a glass of beer.
2

Often 殿方用

the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

殿様とのさまNounFreq #19819
1

Honorific

nobleman; dignitary; lord

2

Historical term; Honorific

feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo

3

man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

御殿ご殿ごてんNounFreq #23867
1

palace; court

本殿ほんでんNounFreq #28056
1

main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary

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