noun:

• gecko; house lizard

noun:

• palace
• tonic (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women) - abbreviation ➜ 宮刑

noun / suffix noun:

• zodiacal sign ➜ 十二宮

noun:

• Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign); the Twins

noun:

• Cancer (4th zodiacal sign); the Crab

noun:

• outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

noun:

• the Imperial Palace

noun:

• Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood) - archaism

noun:

• Virgo (6th zodiacal sign); the Virgin

noun:

• the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine

noun:

• princess

noun:

• Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales

noun:

• temporary shrine

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term ➜ 三后

noun:

• Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion

noun:

• Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull

noun:

• the Grand Shrine at Ise

noun:

• tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

noun:

• Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer

noun:

• tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

noun:

• Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign); the Archer - obscure term ➜ 人馬宮

noun:

• festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil ➜ 宵祭り【よいまつり】

noun:

• Heian Imperial Palace ➜ 大内裏

noun:

• Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat

noun:

• constellations of the zodiac