殿

Vocabulary (12)

• 社殿

  しゃでん

  (main building of a) Shinto shrine

• 仏殿

  ぶつでん

  Buddhist temple

• 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

• 越天楽

  えてんらく

  Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)

• 紫宸殿

  ししいでん

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

• 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)

• 玉殿

  たまどの

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

• 殿様商法

  とのさましょうほう

  amateurish way of doing business

• 参集殿

  さんしゅうでん

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

• 承香殿

  しょうきょうでん

  banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)

• 殿堂入り

  でんどういり

  being inducted into a hall of fame