院 [いん] /(n) (1) (See 下院・かいん) house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)/(n) (2) graduate school/postgraduate school/(suf) (3) (See 医院・いいん,病院・びょういん) institution (often medical)/institutional building/government office/(suf) (4) {Buddh} sub-temple/minor temple building/temple/cloister/(n) (5) (hon) imperial palace/(n) (6) (See 女院・にょういん) (hon) (hist) title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc./(suf) (7) former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.)/late/EntL2414530/