noun

  1. house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.).
  2. graduate school, postgraduate school.

suffix

  1. institution (often medical), institutional building, government office.
  2. Buddhist term.sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister.

noun

Honorific or respectful language.
  1. imperial palace.
  2. title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.. Messages.hist.

suffix

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
いん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Inst., institution, temple
イン (3rd, N4)
perfect, completion, end
カン (4th, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)