Meanings
Readings
Common Words
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
hospitalization; hospitalisation
Common noun
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
Common noun
graduate school; postgraduate school
Suffix
institution (often medical); institutional building; government office
Suffix; Buddhism
sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister
Honorific; Common noun
imperial palace
Honorific; Historical term; Common noun
title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.
Suffix
former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
institute; academy
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
orphanage
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
Buddhist temple
religious building; church; cathedral; mosque
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