皇こう后ごう

noun

empress consort; emperor's wife

Refers to the consort of an emperor, especially the wife of the Japanese emperor. It does not usually mean a woman who rules as emperor in her own right.

• 式しき典てんには天皇てんのう皇こう后ごう両りょう陛へい下かが出しゅっ席せきされた。

  Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress attended the ceremony.

• 皇こう后ごう陛へい下かが被ひ