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Dictionary: “寺”

寺

てら

temple (buddhist)

Example sentence

This is the temple where he stays.

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・buddhist temple

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Related words to 寺

35 related words

寺院

じいん

→

Buddhist temple

寺院

じいん

→

religious building;church;cathedral;mosque

寺子屋

てらこや

→

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

寺社

じしゃ

→

temples and shrines

寺

じ

→

counter for temples

寺から里へ

てらからさとへ

→

putting the cart before the horse

寺中

じちゅう

→

in a temple;inside temple grounds

寺入り

てらいり

→

to enrol in a temple school;child enrolled in a temple school

寺内

じない

→

inside a temple

寺内町

じないちょう

→

town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

寺刹

じさつ

→

Buddhist temple

寺務

じむ

→

temple affairs

寺務所

じむしょ

→

office of a temple

寺参り

てらまいり

→

ritual visits to a temple

寺号

じごう

→

temple's name

寺域

じいき

→

temple grounds

寺子

てらこ

→

child who attended a temple school

寺格

じかく

→

status of a Buddhist temple

寺檀制度

じだんせいど

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system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

寺男

てらおとこ

→

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

寺社仏閣

じしゃぶっかく

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(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

寺社奉行

じしゃぶぎょう

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governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

寺納豆

てらなっとう

→

natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

寺請

てらうけ

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certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

寺請制度

てらうけせいど

→

terauke system

寺預け

てらあずけ

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incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

寺領

じりょう

→

temple's territory;temple's estate

寺中

じちゅう

→

sub-temple

寺入り

てらいり

→

incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)

寺務

じむ

→

temple administrator;person in charge of temple affairs

寺入り

てらいり

→

to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

寺内町

じないまち

→

town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)

寺小屋

てらこや

→

temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

寺請け

てらうけ

→

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

寺銭

てらせん

→

fee charged by a gambling house;house cut;banker's fee