上じょう皇こう后ごう陛へい下か

noun

retired empress; empress emerita

Honorific title used for a former empress who has abdicated or retired. The term is specific to the Japanese imperial family and is used with the utmost respect.

See also: 上皇后

• 上じょう皇こう后ごう陛へい下かは、令れい和わ元がん年ねんに退たい位いされました。

  Her Majesty the Empress Emerita abdicated in the first year of Reiwa.

• 上じょう皇こう后ごう陛へい下かのご健けん康こうを心こころよりお祈いのり申もうし上あげます。

  We sincerely pray for the good health of Her Majesty the Empress Emerita.