宮廷|きゅうていkyuutei[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveimperial court; royal court
   シェークスピアの時代じだいに、つまり１６世紀せいきに、テニスはイギリスの宮廷きゅうていでとても人気にんきがあった。↗

   In Shakespeare's time, in the sixteenth century, tennis was very popular at the English court.

• Synonym朝廷ちょうていWrittenWritten/formal prose. Emphasizes the political center where the emperor rules; 「宮廷」 instead covers life, etiquette, and culture inside the palace.
• Antonym民間みんかんNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「宮廷」: the world of ordinary people outside the court, as in 「民間伝承」.

Use 「宮廷」 for life, etiquette, and culture inside the royal palace, as in 「宮廷料理」「宮廷音楽」; for the political center where the emperor rules, say 「朝廷」; the opposite is 「民間」.

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1. 君主くんしゅ、国王こくおうなどの住居じゅうきょ。