女院
にょういん にょいん
- woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.) n hon
Kanji
女
ジョ • ニョ • ニョウ
おんな • め
woman; female
院
イン
Inst.; institution; temple; mansion; school
Synonyms
院
いん
- house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.) n
- graduate school; postgraduate school n
- institution (often medical); institutional building; government office suf
- sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister suf Buddh
- imperial palace n hon
- title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc. n hon arch
- former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late suf