Japanese Words Containing 寺

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
寺	てら	temple (Buddhist)	n4
寺院	じいん	Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral	n1
お寺	おてら	temple; monk
菩提寺	ぼだいじ	one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
寺社	じしゃ	temples and shrines	n2
山寺	やまでら	mountain temple
大寺	だいじ	large temple	n4
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)
社寺	しゃじ	shrines and temples
寺内	じない	inside a temple
金閣寺	きんかくじ	Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto); Golden Pavilion; The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima)
寺男	てらおとこ	male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
古寺	こじ	old temple	n1
尼寺	あまでら	nunnery; convent
寺子屋	てらこや	temple elementary school (Edo period)
国分寺	こくぶんじ	state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
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)
仏寺	ぶつじ	Buddhist temple
末寺	まつじ	branch temple
寺参り	てらまいり	ritual visits to a temple
寺中	じちゅう	in a temple; inside temple grounds; sub-temple
寺領	じりょう	temple's territory; temple's estate
廃寺	はいじ	ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
御寺	おてら	temple; monk
檀那寺	だんなでら	one's family temple
神宮寺	じんぐうじ	Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
禅寺	ぜんでら	Zen temple
本寺	ほんじ	head temple; this temple
南蛮寺	なんばんじ	Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century
大寺院	だいじいん	large temple
寺号	じごう	temple's name
寺務	じむ	temple affairs; temple administrator; person in charge of temple affairs	n3
寺格	じかく	status of a Buddhist temple	n2
官寺	かんじ	state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period	n5
寺内町	じないちょう	town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
寺子	てらこ	child who attended a temple school (Edo period); temple elementary school (Edo period)
本能寺の変	ほんのうじのへん	Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
宮寺	ぐうじ	Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
本願寺派	ほんがんじは	Honganji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
旦那寺	だんなでら	one's family temple
寺銭	てらせん	fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
氏寺	うじでら	shrine built to a guardian deity
寺社仏閣	じしゃぶっかく	(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
道明寺粉	どうみょうじこ	coarse rice powder
寺社奉行	じしゃぶぎょう	governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
諸寺	しょじ	various temples	n1
脇寺	わきでら	sub-temple; affiliated temple
寺小屋	てらこや	temple elementary school (Edo period)
お寺さん	おてらさん	monk
入寺	にゅうじ	entering a temple; visiting a temple; joining a temple as a priest or head priest	n2
寺域	じいき	temple grounds
お寺様	おてらさま	monk
古社寺	こしゃじ	old shrines and temples
少林寺流	しょうりんじりゅう	Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate
寺請	てらうけ	certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation
勅願寺	ちょくがんじ	temple built at the order of the emperor
大覚寺統	だいかくじとう	imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
寺入り	てらいり	enrolling in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); going to a temple to repent
当寺	とうじ	this temple	n2
御寺様	おてらさま	monk
念仏寺	ねんぶつじ	Nenbutsu temple
念佛寺	ねんぶつじ	Nenbutsu temple
僧寺	そうじ	Buddhist priest; temple with a resident priest	n5
寺務所	じむしょ	office of a temple	n4
私寺	しじ	private temple (ritsuryō period); non-state-sponsored temple	n3
副寺	ふうす	one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)
寺刹	じさつ	Buddhist temple
監寺	かんす	one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
都寺	つうす	one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
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)
兼務寺	けんむじ	Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest
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)
手次寺	てつぎでら	family temple
清真寺	せいしんじ	mosque (in China)
荒れ寺	あれでら	dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
お寺さま	おてらさま	monk
仏光寺派	ぶっこうじは	Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
八百八寺	はっぴゃくやでら	the large number of temples in Kyoto; 808 temples
回教寺院	かいきょうじいん	mosque
寺檀制度	じだんせいど	system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith
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
御寺さん	おてらさん	monk
手次ぎ寺	てつぎでら	family temple
紅妙蓮寺	べにみょうれんじ	Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)
縁切り寺	えんきりでら	(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
誠照寺派	じょうしょうじは	Jōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
駆込み寺	かけこみでら	(women's) refuge
三井寺芥虫	みいでらごみむし	Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
了徳寺大学	りょうとくじだいがく	Ryotokuji University
寺から里へ	てらからさとへ	putting the cart before the horse
水前寺のり	すいぜんじのり	Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)
水前寺海苔	すいぜんじのり	Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)
駆け込み寺	かけこみでら	(women's) refuge
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
万願寺唐辛子	まんがんじとうがらし	Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)
三井寺歩行虫	みいでらごみむし	Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
四天王寺大学	してんのうじだいがく	Shitennoji University
少林寺拳法連盟	しょうりんじけんぽうれんめい	ShorinjiKempo Federation Foundation
万願寺とうがらし	まんがんじとうがらし	Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)
敵は本能寺にあり	てきはほんのうじにあり	his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; the enemy is at Honnōji
敵は本能寺に在り	てきはほんのうじにあり	his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; the enemy is at Honnōji
少林寺拳法世界連合	しょうりんじけんぽうせかいれんごう	World Shorinji Kempo Organization
全日本少林寺気功協会	ぜんにほんしょうりんじきこうきょうかい	All Japan Shaolin Temple Qigong Association
四天王寺国際仏教大学	してんのうじこくさいぶっきょうだいがく	Shitennōji International Buddhist University
牛にひかれて善光寺参り	うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり	doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
牛に引かれて善光寺参り	うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり	doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow

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