院

いん

Meanings

1. Noun house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.) See also: 下院 (かいん).
2. graduate school; postgraduate school
3. Suffix institution (often medical); institutional building; government office See also: 医院 (いいん). See also: 病院 (びょういん).
4. sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister
5. Noun imperial palace
6. title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc. See also: 女院 (にょういん).
7. Suffix former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late

Kanji

• 院 institution. Read as イン.

Example sentences

• 「お宅のお坊ちゃまって、今年就職したの？それとも院に行ったの？」「就職したよ」
  "Did your son get a job this year? Or has he gone to graduate school?" "He got a job."

Words containing 院

• 病院 (びょういん) hospital
• 衆議院議員 (しゅうぎいんぎいん) member of the Lower House
• 大学院 (だいがくいん) graduate school

And 379 more.

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