Onyomi: ジ · Kunyomi: てら · Meanings: Buddhist temple
Kanji for buddhist temple
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 寺 | てら | temple (Buddhist) | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 寺 | じ | counter for temples | Suffix, Counter |
| 寺院 | じいん | Buddhist temple | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 寺子屋 | てらこや | temple elementary school (Edo period) | Noun |
| 寺社 | じしゃ | temples and shrines | Noun |
| 寺請制度 | てらうけせいど | terauke system, system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith | Noun |
| 寺社奉行 | じしゃぶぎょう | governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines | Noun |
| 寺領 | じりょう | temple's territory, temple's estate | Noun |
| 寺中 | じちゅう | in a temple, inside temple grounds | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 寺内町 | じないちょう | town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period) | Noun |