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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical)

Meanings

  1. Noun

    house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
  2. graduate school; postgraduate school
  3. Suffix

    institution (often medical); institutional building; government office
  4. sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister
  5. Noun

    imperial palaceHonorific
All 7 meanings
  1. title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.Honorifichistorical term
  2. Suffix

    former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late

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