Meaning of 院 in Japanese
Definition of 院
- (n) house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
- graduate school; postgraduate school
- (suf) institution (often medical); institutional building; government office
- (Buddh) sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister
- (n) imperial palace
- title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.
- (suf) former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late
Words related to 院
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(n) doctor's office (surgery); clinic; dispensary
手術は医院内で三十分以内に完了します。
The surgery, performed at our clinic, is over in half an hour.
- (n) head doctor
- (n) orphanage; nursery school
- (n) unicameral system
- (n) former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.)
- posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"
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(n) government by cloistered emperors
その会社では、会長が院政を敷いていて、社長はお飾りにすぎない。
The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.
- (n) graduate student
- (n) imperial command (decree); decree of cloistered emperor
- (n) director
- (n) drama; playbook
