"陛下" meaning in Japanese

See 陛下 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [he̞ːka̠] Forms: 陛下 [canonical] (ruby: (へい), ()), heika [romanization]
Etymology: Literary Chinese 陛下 (bìxià) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|lzh|陛下|sort=へいか}} Literary Chinese 陛下 (bìxià) Head templates: {{ja-noun|へいか}} 陛(へい)下(か) • (heika)
  1. (rare, attributive) down the steps to the emperor's palace, looking up Tags: attributive, rare
    Sense id: en-陛下-ja-noun-J6kAiwXt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. (monarchy) Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
    Sense id: en-陛下-ja-noun-ROeGsvq- Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Monarchy, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese politics, Monarchy Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese politics: 9 91 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 2 98 Topics: government, monarchy, politics
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Download raw JSONL data for 陛下 meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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