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宮殿 (きゅうでん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

宮きゅう殿でん

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a grand residence of a monarch, emperor, or high-ranking noble. Used for both Japanese and foreign palaces.

皇こう居きょの宮きゅう殿でんは一いっ般ぱん公こう開かいされていない。

The Imperial Palace is not open to the public.

バッキンガム宮きゅう殿でんはロンドンにある。

Buckingham Palace is in London.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に宮きゅう殿でんを建たてるto build a palace in a place
国こく王おうは首しゅ都とに壮そう大だいな宮きゅう殿でんを建たてた。
The king built a magnificent palace in the capital.
宮きゅう殿でんに住すむto live in a palace
王おう族ぞくは今いまでも宮きゅう殿でんに住すんでいる。
The royal family still lives in the palace.
宮きゅう殿でんを訪おとずれるto visit a palace
観かん光こう客きゃくは毎まい年ねん多おおくこの宮きゅう殿でんを訪おとずれる。
Many tourists visit this palace every year.

Kanji

宮Shinto shrine, constellations, palace
殿Mr., hall, mansion

Related words· 10

王おう宮きゅう
王宮 specifically means a king's or monarch's palace, while 宮殿 is the broader term covering any grand royal residence, Japanese or foreign.
御ご所しょ
御所 is an older, more historical term for an imperial palace (as in 京都御所), while 宮殿 is the general, modern word for any palace.
城しろN3
城 refers to a fortified castle built for defense, whereas 宮殿 emphasizes a grand residence without military function.
パレス
宮殿 is the native Japanese word for a palace, especially historical or royal ones, while パレス is a loanword mainly used in proper names or modern commercial contexts like hotel names.

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殿でん堂どう
宮殿 specifically denotes a royal palace, while 殿堂 is broader and can refer to any grand hall, sacred building, or figurative hall of fame.
御ご殿てん
宮殿 is the general word for a palace, often Western-style, while 御殿 specifically refers to a Japanese lord's or shogun's grand residence.
宮きゅう
宮殿 specifically denotes the physical palace building, while 宮 is a more abstract or compound-forming term that can refer to a palace as a concept.
皇こう

Don't confuse with

神しん殿でんN1
神殿 shares the kanji 殿 with 宮殿 but means a shrine or temple hall for worshipping deities, not a royal residence.
宮きゅう廷てい
宮殿 refers to the physical palace building, while 宮廷 refers to the court as an institution or social circle, not the structure itself.

Word family

月げっ宮きゅう殿でん
moon palace of Chandra · imperial palace · Yoshiwara red-light district

Etymology

Compound of 宮 (miya, 'shrine, palace') and 殿 (den, 'hall, mansion'). The reading きゅうでん is the on'yomi of both characters.

居きょ

N1

宮殿 is a general word for any palace, while 皇居 refers specifically to the Emperor of Japan's residence in Tokyo.

離り宮きゅう

宮殿 is a general word for any palace, whereas 離宮 specifically denotes a detached or secondary imperial/royal residence.

宮殿 means a grand palace for royalty or heads of state, whereas シャトー refers to a French country château, often associated with wine estates.