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
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
os uteri; cervical os; orifice of the uterus
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
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)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
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)
grounds of a Shinto shrine
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
house of a prince of the blood
female court attendant; court lady
Imperial Household Agency
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
newly born imperial prince; newly constructed (branch) shrine
Department of the Imperial Household
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
high priest of a great shrine
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
temporary lodging built to accommodate an Imperial visit
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
constellations of the zodiac
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
carpenter specializing in temple, shrine, etc. construction
cervix uteri; uterine cervix; neck of the uterus
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
Minister of the Imperial Household
pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)
associated shrine (i.e. auxiliary shrine, subordinate shrine, etc.)
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra; imperial palace; (arch.) Yoshiwara red light district
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
empress's residence; empress
endometrium; uterine mucosa
festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil
installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
twelve signs of the zodiac
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
construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
Aries (1st zodiacal sign); the Ram
(bed) having a headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
Pisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish; the Fishes
wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else
Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion
Virgo (6th zodiacal sign); the Virgin
Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull
uterine rupture; hysterorrhexis; metrorrhexis
cervical canal; uterine cervix
court officer (from the Imperial Household Department)
Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer
Cancer (4th zodiacal sign); the Crab
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat
empress's palace; queen's palace; empress; queen
Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign); the Water Bearer; the Water Carrier
festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil
the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace
king of herrings (Regalecus glesne); oarfish; ribbonfish
Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion
high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture)
(arch.) second-born imperial prince; second most important provincial shrine
Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion
corpus uteri; uterine body; body of the uterus
Heijō Palace; Imperial palace in ancient Nara
(arch.) first-born imperial prince; most important provincial shrine
transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
(arch.) hermit's residence; retired emperor's palace
fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
Tiangong (Chinese space program)
organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet; parish guild
Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign); the Twins
Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine); Toyuke Shrine
Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house
calendar distributed by the Ise shrine
cavitas uteri; cavity of uterus; cavum uteri
intrauterine penetration; cervical penetration
first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
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)
cancer of the uterine body
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
Hitachiōmiya City (Ibaraki)
Hitachiōmiya City (Ibaraki)
Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis)
Thunberg's lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza thunbergii)
Miyabe charr (Salvelinus malma miyabei)
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus); Japanese gecko
kamraj (Helminthostachys zeylanica); tunjuk-langit; di wu gong