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Keyword
Shinto shrine
  • constellations
  • palace
  • princess
Frequency
#367
Strokes
10
Grade
3
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1110
Readings
キュウ58%
グウ33%
ク8%
Mnemonic
Pilgrims pass under a roof with a chimney to a bathtub, where they splash clean before entering the Shinto shrine and clapping twice.
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Used in vocabulary
宮く内ない庁ちょう
Imperial Household Agency
Noun
神じん宮ぐう
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
Noun
子し宮きゅう
womb; uterus
Noun
二に宮ぐう
the Two Ise Shrines
Noun
迷めい宮きゅう
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
Noun
宮きゅう中ちゅう
imperial court
Noun
東とう宮ぐう
crown prince
Noun
王おう宮きゅう
royal palace
Noun
宮きゅう廷てい
imperial court; royal court
Noun
宮きゅう城じょう
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
Noun
守しゅ宮く
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
Noun
宮みや
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
Noun
宮きゅう
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
Noun
大おお宮みや
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
Noun
三さん宮ぐう
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
Noun
一宮いちのみや
most important provincial shrine; first-born imperial prince
Noun
二にノ宮みや
second most important provincial shrine; second-born imperial prince
Noun
宮みや崎ざき
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
Noun
宮城みやぎ
Miyagi (prefecture)
Noun
宇都宮うつのみや
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
Noun
宮みや地ち
grounds of a Shinto shrine
Noun
離り宮きゅう
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
Noun
天てん満まん宮ぐう
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
Noun