noun
A complex network of paths designed to confuse; can be literal (mythological, architectural) or figurative (bureaucracy, thought).
クレタ島の迷宮にはミノタウロスが住んでいたと言われる。
The labyrinth on Crete is said to have housed the Minotaur.
税務
The tax office procedures are like a maze.
noun
mystery; unsolved case
Used especially in the phrase 迷宮入り (meikyū-iri), meaning a case or problem that remains unsolved and has gone cold.
See also: 迷宮入り
その殺人事件は迷宮入りした。
The murder case went cold.
noun
In video games, refers to a dungeon-like area with enemies and treasures; a domain-specific extension of the maze concept.
このRPGでは、迷宮を探索してボスを倒す。
In this RPG, you explore dungeons and defeat bosses.