Info on the Kanji 寺 | What's a Kanji? |
| buddhist temple | |
| onyomi | JI |
| kunyomi | tera |
| stroke count | 6 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N2 |
| Example words with 寺 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 寺てら tera | counter for temples |
| お寺おてら o tera | temple / monk |
| 官寺かんてら kan tera | state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the kamakura period |
| 古寺こじ koji | old temple |
| 御寺おてら o tera | temple / monk |
| 山寺やまでら yamadera | mountain temple |
| 私寺わたしてら watashi tera | private temple / non-state-sponsored temple |
| 寺域てらいき tera iki | temple grounds |
| 寺院じいん jiin | temple |
| 寺格てらかく tera kaku | status of a buddhist temple |
| 寺子てらこ tera ko | child who attended a temple school |
| 寺社てらしゃ tera sha | temples and shrines |
| 寺男てらおとこ teraotoko | male temple employee |
| 寺中てらなか tera naka | in a temple / inside temple grounds / sub-temple |
| 寺内てらうち terauchi | inside a temple |
| 寺務てらつとむ tera tsutomu | temple affairs / temple administrator / person in charge of temple affairs |
| 社寺しゃじ shaji | shrines and temples |
| 都寺みやこてら miyako tera | one of the six administrators of a zen temple |
| 入寺にゅうてら nyuu tera | joining a temple order and becoming the head priest |
| 副寺ふくてら fuku tera | one of the six administrators of a zen temple |
| 仏寺ほとけてら hotoke tera | buddhist temple |
| 末寺まつてら matsu tera | branch temple |
| お寺様おてらさま o tera sama | monk |
| 古社寺こしゃじ ko shaji | old shrines and temples |
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| Example Sentences with 寺 |
| 祖母の遺灰は寺院に置かれた骨壷に入っている。 明日は、寺巡りをしよう。 法隆寺は世界最古の木造建築である。 彼は先週そのお寺をたずねるつもりだった。 |
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