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皇居 (こうきょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

皇こう居きょ

こ

う

きょ

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Imperial Palace; imperial residence

Specifically refers to the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan, located in Tokyo.

皇こう居きょの周まわりをジョギングする人ひと

が

多おお

い

。

Many people jog around the Imperial Palace.

Usage patterns

皇こう居きょを訪おとずれるto visit the Imperial Palace
観かん光こう客きゃくが皇こう居きょを訪おとずれた。
Tourists visited the Imperial Palace.
皇こう居きょの周まわりを走はしるto jog around the Imperial Palace
毎まい朝あさ、皇こう居きょの周まわりを走はしる人ひとが多おおい。
Many people jog around the Imperial Palace every morning.
皇こう居きょで一いっ般ぱん参さん賀がが行おこなわれるfor the public New Year's greeting to be held at the Imperial Palace
元がん日じつに皇こう居きょで一いっ般ぱん参さん賀がが行おこなわれる。
The public New Year's greeting is held at the Imperial Palace on New Year's Day.

Kanji

皇emperor
居reside, to be, exist

Related words

宮きゅう殿でんN1
宮殿 is a general word for any palace, while 皇居 refers specifically to the Emperor of Japan's residence in Tokyo.
御ご所しょ
御所 is an older, more literary term for an imperial or noble residence (often the historic Kyoto palace), whereas 皇居 is the standard modern name for the Emperor's current Tokyo residence.
宮きゅう城じょう
皇居 is the modern standard term for the Imperial Palace, while 宮城 is the historical term used mainly before 1946.
九ここの重え
皇居 names the Imperial Palace as a concrete modern place, whereas 九重 is an old literary way of evoking the same court.

Don't confuse with

王おう宮きゅう
皇居 refers specifically to the Imperial Palace of Japan's Emperor, whereas 王宮 is used for the palaces of kings and queens in other countries.
宮きゅう中ちゅう
皇居 names the physical imperial palace complex in Tokyo, while 宮中 refers more abstractly to the court and its activities that take place there.

Written forms

皇居Usage100%
- こうきょ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading こうぎょ is obsolete.
- こうぎょ
  out-dated reading

Etymology

Compound of 皇 (こう, 'emperor') and 居 (きょ, 'residence').

こうぎょ

out-dated reading