宮

imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio

consort of the emperor

os uteri; cervical os; orifice of the uterus

Noun, used as a suffix

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

Ise Grand Shrine

the Two Ise Shrines

Honorific

imperial palace; shrine

Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager

woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child

elderly woman of imperial lineage

outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

the Imperial Palace

heavenly palace

sky

Tiangong (Chinese space program)

going unsolved; remaining unanswered

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

Shinto shrine

young imperial prince

child of the imperial family

shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine

newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)

Ise Grand Shrine

Shinto

shrine dedicated to Hachiman; Hachiman shrine

main shrine

princess

Toshogu Shrine

crown prince

newly constructed shrine