Moto 寺: Buddhist TempleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジ
- Kun'yomi
- てら
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 90 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジ)
- 寺院じいんBuddhist temple
- 国分寺こくぶんじstate-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
- 寺社じしゃtemples and shrines
- 末寺まつじbranch temple
- 社寺しゃじshrines and temples
- 菩提寺ぼだいじone's family temple; temple with one's family grave
- 七大寺しちだいじthe seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
- 仏光寺派ぶっこうじはBukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
- 仏寺ぶつじBuddhist temple
- 僧寺そうじBuddhist priest; temple with a resident priest
- 入寺にゅうじentering a temple; visiting a temple
- 兼務寺けんむじBuddhist temple without a dedicated head priest
- 勅願寺ちょくがんじtemple built at the order of the emperor
- 南蛮寺なんばんじChristian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
- 南都七大寺なんとしちだいじthe seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
- 古社寺こしゃじold shrines and temples
- 回教寺院かいきょうじいんmosque
- 大寺院だいじいんlarge temple
- 大覚寺統だいかくじとうimperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
- 官寺かんじstate-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period
- 宮寺ぐうじBuddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
- 寺中じちゅうin a temple; inside temple grounds
- 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
- 寺号じごうtemple's name
- 寺域じいきtemple grounds
- 寺格じかくstatus of a Buddhist temple
- 寺檀制度じだんせいどsystem used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
- 寺社奉行じしゃぶぎょうgovernmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
- 寺領じりょうtemple's territory; temple's estate
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 寺てらtemple (Buddhist)
- 禅寺ぜんでらZen temple
- 古寺ふるでらold temple
- 寺子屋てらこやtemple elementary school (during the Edo period)
- 山寺やまでらmountain temple
- お寺おてらtemple
- お寺さまおてらさまmonk
- お寺さんおてらさんmonk
- お寺様おてらさまmonk
- キリシタン寺キリシタンでらChristian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
- 三井寺芥虫みいでらごみむしPheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
- 寺から里へてらからさとへputting the cart before the horse
- 寺入りてらいりto enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school
- 寺参りてらまいりritual visits to a temple
- 寺子てらこchild who attended a temple school
- 寺小屋てらこやtemple elementary school (during the Edo period)
- 寺男てらおとこmale temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
- 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
- 寺預けてらあずけincarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
Other readings
- 三井寺歩行虫みいでらごみむしPheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
- 八百八寺はっぴゃくやでらthe large number of temples in Kyoto
- 副寺ふうすone of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)
- 寺請てらうけcertification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
- 寺請制度てらうけせいどsystem used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
- 少林寺拳法しょうりんじけんぽうShorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
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