大おお宮みや

noun

imperial palace; shrine

Honorific term for an imperial palace or a grand shrine. Often used in historical or formal contexts.

• 大おお宮みやにお参まいりする。

  I visit the grand shrine.

noun

Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager

Historical title for a retired empress or an empress dowager. Rare in modern usage outside historical texts.

• 大おお宮みやは院いん政せい期きに大おおきな影えい響きょう力りょくを持もった。

  The Empress Dowager held great influence during the cloistered government period.

noun

imperial mother; elderly imperial woman

Refers to a woman of imperial lineage who has given birth to a child, or an elderly woman of such lineage. Archaic and limited to historical contexts.

• 大おお宮みやは后きさきとして皇おう子じを産うんだ。

  The imperial consort bore a prince as an imperial mother.