graduate school; postgraduate school
Refers to a graduate school or postgraduate institution, often used in compounds like 大学院 (graduate school).
institution; institutional building; government office
Suffix used to form names of institutions, especially medical facilities (e.g., 医院, 病院) and government offices. Often implies a building or establishment.
See also: 医院 (いいん) · 病院 (びょういん)
sub-temple; minor temple building; cloister
Buddhist term for a sub-temple or minor building within a larger temple complex. Used in compounds like 塔頭 (tatchū) or 院家 (inke).
Honorific term for the imperial palace or the residence of a retired emperor. Often used in historical or formal contexts.
title for empresses, princesses, etc.
Historical honorific title bestowed on empresses, princesses, or high-ranking noblewomen, often appended to their names (e.g., 女院).
See also: 女院 (にょういん)
Suffix used to refer to a former or deceased person of high status, especially emperors or daimyos. Appears in historical contexts.
Japan's National Diet is a bicameral system consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.
He is researching physics at graduate school.
This hospital provides 24-hour emergency care.
A new clinic opened in front of the station.
This temple has several sub-temples.
The retired emperor resides in the imperial palace.
Kenreimon-in was a daughter of Taira no Kiyomori.
Emperor Go-Mizunoo-in was an emperor of the Edo period.
施設 is a general word for a 'facility', while 院 is a suffix attached to a noun to name a specific kind of institution, such as 病院 or 医院.
院 (written 阝+完) is a suffix meaning 'institution' or 'building' as in 病院, while 員 (written 貝-based) is a suffix meaning 'member' or 'staff' as in 会員, and learners often mix up the two いん suffixes.
From Middle Chinese 院 (MC *hjwonH), meaning 'courtyard, institution'. The character is composed of 阝 (mound, hill) and 完 (complete), but the historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with institutional buildings.
discharge from hospital; leaving hospital
House of Representatives
doctor's office; clinic; surgery
lower house; lower chamber
regular hospital visits; outpatient treatment
inside the Diet; inside the House · inside the hospital
juvenile detention center; reformatory; youth correctional facility
graduate student · insei; apprentice go professional
parliament; congress; diet · house; chamber
both houses of parliament; both chambers
drawing room; study; writing alcove · publishing house
visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.
monastery; temple
hospital transfer; transfer to another hospital
branch temple
maternity hospital; maternity clinic
hospital admission and discharge; entering and leaving a hospital
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; holy of holies
outside congress; non-parliamentary · outside a hospital; non-hospital
the two houses of legislature; bicameral legislature
graduate school entrance exam