Kanji 殿 Words: Meanings and Readings

殿下

てんが

your Highness

殿

どの

Mr.

ご殿

ごてん

palace

妃殿下

ひでんか

princess

宮殿

きゅうでん

palace

殿堂

でんどう

hall of fame

神殿

しんでん

temple

殿様

とのさま

feudal lord (of the Edo period)

正殿

せいでん

alternate name for the Shishiden

本殿

ほんでん

main shrine

社殿

しゃでん

(main building of a) Shinto shrine

拝殿

はいでん

front shrine

仏殿

ぶつでん

Buddhist temple

お殿様

おとのさま

lord

かかあ天下

かかあでんか

household with the wife as the boss

でん部

でんぶ

buttocks

でん粉

でんぷん

starch

綾綺殿

りょうきでん

pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)

安福殿

あんぷくでん

physicians' pavilion (in Heian Palace)

越天楽

えてんらく

Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)

奥御殿

おくごてん

noble's private quarters

温明殿

うんめいでん

pavilion housing the sacred mirror (in Heian Palace)

下殿

げでん

leaving the palace

化粧殿

けわいでん

dressing room

仮殿

かりどの

temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)

絵馬殿

えまでん

shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung

関係各位殿

かんけいかくいどの

to whom it may concern

関係当事者殿

かんけいとうじしゃどの

to whom it may concern

貴殿

きでん

you

儀陽殿

ぎようでん

pavilion housing imperial treasures and historical artifacts (in Heian Palace)

客殿

きゃくでん

reception hall (in a temple or palace)

宮中三殿

きゅうちゅうさんでん

the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

玉殿

たまどの

alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)

玉殿

ぎょくでん

palace decorated with jewels

金殿玉楼

きんでんぎょくろう

magnificent palace

月宮殿

がっくうでん

Yoshiwara red light district

吾殿

わどの

you

後涼殿

こうりょうでん

ladies' pavilion (of Heian Palace)

御典医

ごてんい

doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

御殿女中

ごてんじょちゅう

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

御湯殿上日記

おゆどののうえのにっき

Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)

弘徽殿

こうきでん

ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)

校書殿

きょうしょでん

pavilion housing the historical archives (in Heian Palace)

皇太子殿下

こうたいしでんか

the Crown Prince

皇霊殿

こうれいでん

shrine of imperial ancestors

高殿

たかどの

stately mansion

祭殿

さいでん

shrine

参集殿

さんしゅうでん

assembly hall of a shrine (used for weddings, banquets, etc.)

参殿

さんでん

palace visit

紫御殿

むらさきごてん

wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea')

紫宸殿

ししいでん

Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)

七殿

しちでん

seven residential pavilions for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)

舎利殿

しゃりでん

reliquary hall

若殿

わかとの

successor of one's current lord

若殿原

わかとのばら

young lords

主殿

しゅでん

main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

主殿

とのも

palace keeper

主殿造

しゅでんづくり

early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style

酒殿

さかどの

sake brewery

十七殿

じゅうしちでん

seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace

春興殿

しゅんきょうでん

pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace)

承香殿

しょうきょうでん

banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)

昇殿

しょうでん

entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple

常寧殿

じょうねいでん

ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)

寝殿

しんでん

main building in a Heian palace

寝殿造

しんでんづくり

manner of Heian-era palatial architecture

神楽殿

かぐらでん

kagura hall (at a shrine)

仁寿殿

じじゅうでん

central pavilion (of Heian Palace)

清涼殿

せいりょうでん

pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)

聖殿

せいでん

sacred shrine

宣耀殿

せんにょうでん

ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)

相殿

あいでん

enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine

退位礼正殿の儀

たいいれいせいでんのぎ

Ceremony of the Abdication of his Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden State Hall

大極殿

だいごくでん

Council Hall in the Imperial Palace

大殿

おとど

nobleman's residence

大殿

おおとの

nobleman's residence

大殿筋

だいでんきん

gluteus maximus

沈殿

ちんでん

precipitation

沈殿槽

ちんでんそう

precipitation tank

沈殿物

ちんでんぶつ

sediment

釣り殿

つりどの

buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

貞観殿

じょうがんでん

pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace)

伝家の宝刀

でんかのほうとう

treasured family sword

殿

しんがり

anchor (man)

殿

との

feudal lord

殿移り

とのうつり

moving houses (of a nobleman, etc.)

殿宇

でんう

shrine building

殿閣

でんかく

palace

殿筋

でんきん

gluteus

殿軍

でんぐん

rear guard

殿原

とのばら

man

殿御

とのご

gentlemen

殿舎

でんしゃ

palace

殿上

てんじょう

the court

殿上の間

てんじょうのま

palace floor

殿上人

てんじょうびと

courtier

殿達

とのたち

the nobility

殿中

でんちゅう

in the palace

殿堂入り

でんどういり

being inducted into a hall of fame

殿内

とぅんち

residence of a government official in the Ryukyu Kingdom