Japan; the (Japanese) empire
(Japanese) empress; queen
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
(Japanese) imperial succession
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
heir to the throne; successor to the throne
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
imperial grandchild or descendant
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
membership of the Imperial family
Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
empress's residence; empress
theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
Imperial heir; Crown Prince
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
Roman Curia; Curia Romana; Vatican
imperial family; relatives of the Emperor
destiny of the emperor; prosperity of the imperial throne
retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
in great haste; hurriedly; in a hurry
making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization
eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent
tomb of Japanese emperor; Japanese imperial burial site
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
(arch.) grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto); descendant of Amaterasu; person of imperial lineage; emperor
ancestors of the Imperial Family
the emperor as a symbol of Japan; symbolic emperor
female emperor (of Japan)
emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)
foundation of imperial rule
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
(arch.) grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto); descendant of Amaterasu; person of imperial lineage; emperor
shrine of imperial ancestors
retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
the Imperial Household expenses
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
Imperial descendant (posterity)
Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
clans supposedly descended from the imperial family
Imperial Household Shinto
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
the (deceased) father of the current emperor
Emperor's Cup; trophy given to tournament winners
allowance allotted to the Imperial family
matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
grandfather of the emperor
rank of emperor; the imperial throne
Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)
traditional Chinese medicine
patrilineal imperial succession (Japan)
prosperity to the emperor
prosperity to the emperor
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
palace gate; imperial palace
deceased grandfather of the emperor
deceased grandmother of the emperor
deceased Queen Mother; deceased Empress Dowager