shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
imperial court; royal court
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
os uteri; cervical os; orifice of the uterus
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
Imperial Household Agency
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
most important provincial shrine; (arch.) first-born imperial prince
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
house of an imperial prince
grounds of a Shinto shrine
shrine dedicated to Hachiman; Hachiman shrine
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
newly born imperial prince; newly constructed (branch) shrine
female court attendant; court lady
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
second most important provincial shrine; (arch.) second-born imperial prince
intrauterine; inside the uterus
Omiya Ardija (Japanese pro soccer team)
outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
second most important provincial shrine; (arch.) second-born imperial prince
Hitachiōmiya City (Ibaraki)
Department of the Imperial Household
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace
unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
chief priest of a great shrine
most important provincial shrine; (arch.) first-born imperial prince
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
carpenter specializing in temple, shrine, etc. construction
temporary lodging built to accommodate an Imperial visit
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)
the twelve zodiacal signs; constellations of the zodiac
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra; imperial palace; (arch.) Yoshiwara red light district
cervix; uterine cervix; cervix uteri
Minister of the Imperial Household
shrine; imperial palace; residing (of an emperor or god)
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
associated shrine (i.e. auxiliary shrine, subordinate shrine, etc.)
Miyagi Prefectural Police (abbr)
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
University of Miyazaki (formed from the merger of Miyazaki University and Miyazaki Medical College in 2003); Miyazaki University (1949-2003)
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
Hitachiōmiya City (Ibaraki)
empress's residence; empress
cancer of the uterine body
twelve signs of the zodiac
festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
temporary imperial mortuary
second most severe of the five punishments of ancient China (castration for men, confinement for women)
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
Aries (1st zodiacal sign); the Ram
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
Tiangong (Chinese space program)
uterine rupture; hysterorrhexis; metrorrhexis
cursed be working for others; wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else; (lit.) serving at court is something one should not do
(bed) having a headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
Miyagi University of Education
Pisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish; the Fishes
Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull
Cancer (4th zodiacal sign); the Crab
Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales
associate chief priest; deputy chief priest
Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion
Virgo (6th zodiacal sign); the Virgin
Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer
second most important provincial shrine; (arch.) second-born imperial prince
court officer (from the Imperial Household Department)
Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
most important provincial shrine; (arch.) first-born imperial prince
empress's palace; queen's palace; empress; queen
high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture)
Heijō Palace (imperial residence in Heijō-kyō)
festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil
Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign); the Water Bearer; the Water Carrier
Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion
Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion
king of herrings (Regalecus glesne); oarfish; ribbonfish
corpus uteri; uterine body; body of the uterus
second most important provincial shrine; (arch.) second-born imperial prince
Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign); the Twins
(arch.) hermit's residence; retired emperor's palace
transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
most important provincial shrine; (arch.) first-born imperial prince
Miyazaki Prefectural Police (abbr)
Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine); Toyuke Shrine
organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet; parish guild
hysterosalpingography; uterosalpingography
first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
calendar distributed by the Ise shrine
returning an object of worship to the main shrine
Miyazaki Medical College (1974-2003)
Miyazaki Municipal University
Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house
cavitas uteri; cavity of uterus; cavum uteri
miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke
Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University
intrauterine penetration; cervical penetration
Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
king of herrings (Regalecus glesne); oarfish; ribbonfish
king of herrings (Regalecus glesne); oarfish; ribbonfish
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
cancer of the uterine body
cancer of the uterine body
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus); Japanese gecko
returning an object of worship to the main shrine
retroversion of the uterus; tipped uterus
Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)
intrauterine fetal death (foetal); IUFD
Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer
Jingu-kyo (sect of Shinto, dissolved in 1899)
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
Minister of the Imperial Household
rectouterine pouch; pouch of Douglas
cervical incompetence; cervical insufficiency
intrauterine growth retardation; IUGR
Miyawaki method (afforestation technique)
box for a shrine or temple amulet
office serving the crown prince (ritsuryō system)
Miyako Special Needs School (older name style)
Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art
Miyazaki International University
Miyazaki Women's Junior College
Miyagawairyō Reform School
Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences
Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University
Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis)
Thunberg's lespedeza (Lespedeza thunbergii)
Miyabe charr (Salvelinus malma miyabei)
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
kamraj (Helminthostachys zeylanica); tunjuk-langit; di wu gong
common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus); Asian house gecko