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寺 てら N4

  1. temple (Buddhist)

寺 じ

  1. counter for temples

寺院 じいん N2

  1. Buddhist temple
  2. cathedral; church; mosque; religious building

寺から里へ てらからさとへ

  1. putting the cart before the horse

寺中 じちゅう

  1. in a temple; inside temple grounds
  2. sub-temple

寺入り てらいり

  1. child enrolled in a temple school; enrolling in a temple school
  2. incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
  3. going to a temple to repent

寺内 じない

  1. inside a temple

寺内町 じないちょう

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

寺刹 じさつ

  1. Buddhist temple

寺務 じむ

  1. temple affairs
  2. person in charge of temple affairs; temple administrator
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