Reading

Kana: いん
Romaji: in
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)

See also: 下院 (reading かいん)
2

graduate school; postgraduate school

suf
3

institution (often medical); institutional building; government office

See also: 医院 (reading いいん) 病院 (reading びょういん)
4

sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister

(Buddhist term)
5

imperial palace

Note: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
6

title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.

Note: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language; archaism
See also: 女院 (reading にょういん)
suf
7

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

Kanji

Reading: イン
Meanings: Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school

Example Sentences

ここは病院(びょういん)だ。
➥This is a hospital.
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(かれ)入院(にゅういん)している。
➥He is in hospital.
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(ちか)くに病院(びょういん)がある。
➥There is a hospital nearby.
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患者(かんじゃ)退院(たいいん)した。
➥The patient was discharged from hospital.
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(かれ)昨日(きのう)入院(にゅういん)した。
➥The hospital took him in yesterday.
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法案(ほうあん)両院(りょういん)(とお)った。
➥The bill passed both Houses.
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