宮殿

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 宮殿 is read as きゅうでん and means a palace.
• Basic usage: It refers to a palace as a royal residence or a historic building visited by tourists.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A princess living in a palace
  • 宮殿: The princess in the story lives in a palace beside a lake. Example: 物語の王女は湖のそばの宮殿に暮らしている。
• Visiting an old palace hall
  • 宮殿: Tourists visited the great hall of the old palace. Example: 観光客は古い宮殿の広間を見学した。