noun:

• grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto) - archaism
• descendant of Amaterasu; person of imperial lineage; emperor

noun:

• birth; birthplace

suffix noun / ~の noun:

• born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

noun:

• grounds south of a building; southern garden
• garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace) ➜ 紫宸殿

noun:

• mirror - archaism - obscure term
• Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 八咫鏡

noun:

• large jewel; string of jewels - archaism
• Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 勾玉・三種の神器

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• algebra - abbreviation ➜ 代数学

noun:

• number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)

noun / ~の noun:

• inside; within
• while - also 裡 - usually written using kana alone ➜ ないうちに
• among; amongst; between - usually written using kana alone

pronoun:

• we; our - in ref. to one's in-group, e.g. company, etc. - usually written using kana alone ➜ 家【うち】
• my spouse

noun:

• imperial palace grounds - archaism
• emperor - archaism

pronoun:

• I; me - primarily used by women and children - Kansai dialect

noun:

• house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.) ➜ 下院【かいん】
• graduate school; postgraduate school

suffix:

• institution (often medical); institutional building; government office ➜ 医院【いいん】・病院【びょういん】
• sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister - Buddhism term

noun:

• imperial palace - honorific language
• title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc. - honorific language - archaism ➜ 女院【にょういん】

suffix:

• former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late

noun:

• upper reaches (of a river); upper stream Antonym: 下【しも】
• top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
• long ago
• beginning; first
• person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 御上
• government; imperial court
• imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace ➜ 上方【かみがた】
• head (of a table)
• wife; mistress (of a restaurant) - honorific language

noun:

• lower reaches (of a river) Antonym: 上【かみ】
• bottom; lower part
• lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses
• end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)

~の noun:

• dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

noun:

• capital; metropolis; seat of government
• capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)
• location of the Imperial Palace

noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

noun:

• sky - archaism
• cloud
• distant place; high place
• imperial court

noun:

• mausoleum - honorific language ➜ 廟
• shrine - honorific language ➜ 廟
• the (imperial) court - honorific language ➜ 廟

noun / suffix noun:

• mausoleum
• shrine

noun:

• the (imperial) court

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居