Word Meaning 宮廷

きゅうてい kyuutei

宮廷 is read as きゅうてい (kyuutei) and means imperial court.

Meaning

English

  1. imperial court
  2. royal court

Reading

Kana

きゅうてい

Romaji

kyuutei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 16021 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

宮廷裁判所

きゅうていさいばんしょ

Aulic Council

宮廷画家

きゅうていがか

court painter

宮廷音楽

きゅうていおんがく

court music

宮中

きゅうちゅう

imperial court

宮内庁

くないちょう

Imperial Household Agency

宮殿

きゅうでん

palace

宮家

みやけ

house of an imperial prince

宮司

ぐうじ

chief priest

宮人

みやびと

(noble) courtier

宮内

くない

Department of the Imperial Household

宮地

みやじ

grounds of a Shinto shrine

宮相

きゅうしょう

Minister of the Imperial Household

Example Sentences

4

かれはきゅうていにつかえている。

He serves in the imperial court.

きゅうていのせいかつはたいくつだった。

Life at the royal court was boring.

In Shakespeare's time, in the sixteenth century, tennis was very popular at the English court.

During the Heian period's initial stages, the imperial court completely devoted itself to imitating Chinese culture, however during the midst of the period, a culture based off of Japanese sense of beauty began to bloom.