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斎院

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 斎院.

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Entry

斎院さいいんいつきのいんNoun
1

Historical term

imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

斎

purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike

11 strokesFrequency 1,155JLPT N1Grade 8

On

サイ

Kun

ときつつし.むものいみい.むいわ.ういつ.く

Nanori

いつきさえひとしいつきよただよし
院

Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school

10 strokesFrequency 150JLPT N3Grade 3

On

イン

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