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Dictionary: “寺入り”

寺入り

てらいり

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

Kanji details

Kun/On information

寺
On
じ
Kun
てら
Stroke count
6

・buddhist temple

1 2 3 4 5 6
入
On
にゅう;じゅ
Kun
い.る;-い.る;-い.り;い.れる;-い.れ;はい.る
Stroke count
2

・enter

・insert

1 2

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

寺入り

てらいり

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