Definition of いん
- (n) yin (i.e. the negative)
あの木の陰に腰をおろしましょう。
Let's sit down in the shade of that tree. - unseen location (i.e. somewhere private)
カーテンの陰に隠れているのは誰。
Who is hiding behind the curtain?
- (n) director (of the ritsuryo-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)
- (n) house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
- graduate school; postgraduate school
- (suf) institution (often medical); institutional building; government office
- (Buddh) sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister
- (n) imperial palace
- title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.
- (suf) former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late