殿

(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary

shrine; sanctuary

sacred shrine; sanctuary

reception hall (in a temple or palace)

main temple; main building of a shrine

alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies

central building of a palace; State Chamber

starch

court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall

kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage

main building in a Heian palace

Historical term

main residence of an emperor

entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple

Historical term

entry to the imperial court (in the Heian period)

noble's private quarters

minister (of government); noble

Archaic

nobleman's residence

temple building enshrining a statue of Buddha (esp. the main hall of a Zen Buddhist temple)

stately mansion

Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)

sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees

inner shrine

roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra

imperial palace

Archaic

Yoshiwara red light district

pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)

(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary

Buddhism

reliquary hall

palace annex; shrine annex

Anatomy

gluteus maximus