皇こう胤いん

noun

imperial descendant; imperial posterity

Archaic term for a descendant of the imperial family. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered mainly in historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「皇こう胤いん」の語ごがしばしば見みられる。

  The word 皇胤 often appears in old documents.