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    3. 院

    院

    院いん

    house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)

    NTHistoryKanji Vocab10 strokes

    いん

    Noun

    1.
    house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
    2.
    graduate school, postgraduate school

    Suffix

    3.
    institution (often medical), institutional building, government office
    4.
    sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister
    Buddhism

    Noun

    5.
    imperial palace
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    6.
    title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languagehistorical term

    Suffix

    7.
    former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.), late

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    Kanji that make up this word

    院
    Inst.・institution・temple・mansion・school
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