graduate school; postgraduate school
Refers to a graduate school or postgraduate institution, often used in compounds like 大学院 (graduate school).
彼は大学院で物理学を研究しています。
He is researching physics at 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).
この寺にはいくつかの院があります。
This temple has several sub-temples.
Honorific term for the imperial palace or the residence of a retired emperor. Often used in historical or formal contexts.
上皇は院にお住まいです。
The retired emperor resides in the imperial palace.
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)
建礼門院は平清盛の娘です。
Kenreimon-in was a daughter of Taira no Kiyomori.
Suffix used to refer to a former or deceased person of high status, especially emperors or daimyos. Appears in historical contexts.
後水尾院は江戸時代の天皇です。
Emperor Go-Mizunoo-in was an emperor of the Edo period.
Japan's National Diet is a bicameral system consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.
This hospital provides 24-hour emergency care.
新しい医院が駅前に開業した。
A new clinic opened in front of the station.
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.
hospital; clinic; doctor's office
hospitalization; being hospitalized
graduate school
institute; academy
upper house; upper chamber; senate
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.
monastery; convent; abbey; cloister
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