宮

Meaning

宮 centers on a grand, roofed structure: a palace, a Shinto shrine, or a member of the imperial family such as a princess. The constellation sense extends the idea of a celestial palace or mansion in the sky.

• 宮みや
  N1

  shrine

• 宮きゅう

  palace

• 宮崎みやざき

  Miyazaki (city, prefecture)

• 宮城きゅうじょう

  Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)

• 宮城みやぎ

  Miyagi (prefecture)

• 大宮おおみや

  imperial palace; shrine

• 宇都宮うつのみや

  Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)

• 宮殿きゅうでん
  N1

  palace

• 子宮しきゅう

  womb; uterus

• 二宮にぐう

  the Two Ise Shrines

• 神宮じんぐう

  high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

• 迷宮めいきゅう

  labyrinth; maze

• 一宮いちのみや

  most important provincial shrine

• 三宮さんぐう

  Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

• 王宮おうきゅう

  royal palace

• 宮地みやち

  grounds of a Shinto shrine

• 宮廷きゅうてい

  imperial court; royal court

• 宮内庁くないちょう

  Imperial Household Agency

• 神宮寺じんぐうじ

  Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

• 伊勢神宮いせじんぐう

  Ise Grand Shrine

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