殿

Idiomatic expression

one's last resort; trump card

Orig. meaning

treasured family sword

being inducted into a hall of fame

migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)

magnificent palace

dilettantish business; amateurish business

the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

palace floor

brought up in luxury

household with the wife as the boss; wife wearing the pants; wife ruling the roost; house with a henpecked husband

Product name

Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)

early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style

amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses

amateurish way of doing business

to whom it may concern

Not good Japanese, as it is 二重敬語

to whom it may concern

Chemistry

flocculent precipitate

Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall

Historical term

lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master

Historical term

doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

Historical term

school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education (pre-WWII)

Historical term

residence of a government official in the Ryukyu Kingdom

Historical term

palace keeper; palace guard

Historical term

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

Historical term

manner of Heian-era palatial architecture